:00:00. > :00:07.More than 70 people are killed as a powerful earthquake
:00:08. > :00:12.The tremor happened overnight as people were sleeping,
:00:13. > :00:17.rescue teams are searching amid the destruction for survivors.
:00:18. > :00:19.There's a rescue going on in the rubble there,
:00:20. > :00:21.you can see right now they are bringing out
:00:22. > :00:29.With the full extent of casualties still emerging,
:00:30. > :00:30.we'll bring you the latest from the scene.
:00:31. > :00:34.Three people have died after being pulled from the sea
:00:35. > :00:40.Scientists make a new planetary discovery -
:00:41. > :00:44.it could potentially have the right conditions to harbour life.
:00:45. > :00:47.The row over Jeremy Corbyn's claims he couldn't find a train seat -
:00:48. > :00:52.he says he needed two seats, for himself and his wife.
:00:53. > :00:55.And the world's largest aircraft - the Airlander 10 is damaged after
:00:56. > :01:08.England's first ODI against Pakistan is underway.
:01:09. > :01:11.Azhar Ali made 82 before being caught off the
:01:12. > :01:35.At least 73 people are feared dead after a powerful earthquake struck
:01:36. > :01:40.A major rescue operation is still underway as the search
:01:41. > :01:44.The epicentre was near the town of Norcia in Umbria,
:01:45. > :01:51.The tremor was strong enough to be felt along the entire
:01:52. > :01:54.Among the worst-hit places were the towns of Amatrice
:01:55. > :01:57.and Accumoli, and the village of Pescara del Tronto,
:01:58. > :01:59.said by the local mayor to no longer exist,
:02:00. > :02:14.Our correspondent James Reynolds is in Amatrice.
:02:15. > :02:22.Rita, this is one of the most idyllic places in Italy. At 3:36am
:02:23. > :02:34.this morning, and that ended. Deep in the mountains, a piece of
:02:35. > :02:38.Italy has been destroyed. The residents of amatory check, about to
:02:39. > :02:47.celebrate a summer festival, where hitter as they slept. Through piles
:02:48. > :02:54.of rubble, rescue workers tried to find survivors. We have made it to
:02:55. > :02:59.the centre of Amatrice. There is a rescue going on in the rubble there.
:03:00. > :03:07.You can see, right now they are bringing out someone on a stretcher.
:03:08. > :03:13.Is she alive? It looks like she is, which will be a huge relief to the
:03:14. > :03:20.workers here. The woman, is being escorted down to an ambulance
:03:21. > :03:24.waiting for her there. We also saw rescuers carry away a number of dead
:03:25. > :03:35.bodies, including that of a small child. Many survivors were barely
:03:36. > :03:42.able to talk. It is hard to comprehend how your town can fall
:03:43. > :03:47.down in just moments. TRANSLATION: There is nothing left
:03:48. > :03:52.standing. I am so sorry for so many people that are under the rubble.
:03:53. > :04:00.They are people I love. I am so sorry, I hope they are safe. Another
:04:01. > :04:05.village was also hit. And here, an official talks to Warren who is
:04:06. > :04:12.trapped. Can you breathe, he asks her? Only a little bit, she replies.
:04:13. > :04:17.Stay calm commie he tells, we will come to get you.
:04:18. > :04:22.In Amatrice, Sister Marianna told us she was pulled from the wreckage of
:04:23. > :04:26.the convent. Some of her fellow sisters are still trapped. When I
:04:27. > :04:34.realised what happened I tried to hide myself underneath the bed. Then
:04:35. > :04:39.I went outside to ask for help. But no one heard me. This region is
:04:40. > :04:45.vulnerable to earthquakes, but no one expected this. From above, the
:04:46. > :04:53.devastation of Amatrice is clear. The town, barely stands. The injured
:04:54. > :04:58.are treated outside. It is too dangerous to take them inside
:04:59. > :05:03.Amatrice's damaged hospital. For those worst hit, what remains? Their
:05:04. > :05:08.homes, their lives have collapsed around them.
:05:09. > :05:11.Today's earthquake isn't the first to hit the region,
:05:12. > :05:13.Italy has for decades been prone to similar devastating tremors.
:05:14. > :05:15.It's vulnerable because of the collision between the African
:05:16. > :05:18.and Eurasian tectonic plates, which are pushing into each other.
:05:19. > :05:21.That process is ongoing, the plates continue to move
:05:22. > :05:28.The sea which lies to the west of the country is opening up
:05:29. > :05:30.and that's pulling apart the Apennines, the belt of mountains
:05:31. > :05:33.that runs down through central Italy.
:05:34. > :05:36.The region has seen a large number of deadly quakes -
:05:37. > :05:39.L'Aquila in 2009, in which 300 people died.
:05:40. > :05:42.In 1908, it is thought as many 70,000 were killed
:05:43. > :05:47.when a 7.2-magnitude tremor flattened Messina in Sicily.
:05:48. > :05:52.The main cause of death during earthquakes is falling buildings.
:05:53. > :05:56.This was the main street in Amatrice before today.
:05:57. > :06:04.We expect old buildings to fail, but after the 2009 quake,
:06:05. > :06:05.the authorities were really concerned that many modern
:06:06. > :06:10.They'll be looking to see whether reinforcements worked here.
:06:11. > :06:12.Let's go back now to our correspondent
:06:13. > :06:26.James, what is the latest? We have been asked to speak very quietly at
:06:27. > :06:31.the moment because relief workers in that building behind me are calling
:06:32. > :06:40.out to see if there are any survivors. The sister in the TV
:06:41. > :06:44.piece we have just played suggests some people maybe still trapped and
:06:45. > :06:50.they have asked us to be as quiet as possible. The priority is finding
:06:51. > :06:55.those survivors. A fireman said they expect to be here for a week. People
:06:56. > :07:00.can survive in basements after an earthquake for that amount of time.
:07:01. > :07:03.There will be another priority, and that is finding somewhere to live
:07:04. > :07:08.the people who are not just homeless, but don't have a town any
:07:09. > :07:11.more. Then there will be serious questions why some buildings here
:07:12. > :07:16.stayed up and buy some went down. Did everything obey the building
:07:17. > :07:18.code. But the moment, as you can see, the priority is finding
:07:19. > :07:22.survivors. James, thank you. Three men have died
:07:23. > :07:25.after being pulled from the sea at Camber Sands Emergency teams
:07:26. > :07:28.were called to the East Sussex beach where the three were pulled
:07:29. > :07:30.from the water in the space Coastguard helicopters, a lifeboat,
:07:31. > :07:35.rescue teams and an air ambulance were sent to the scene after reports
:07:36. > :07:48.the three were in need As you may have seen, this is one of
:07:49. > :07:53.the most popular beaches on the south coast on one of the hottest
:07:54. > :07:57.days of the year so far. The emergency services got a call just
:07:58. > :08:01.after two o'clock that three people were in trouble. There was a big
:08:02. > :08:06.response by the coastguard and they sent two surge rescue helicopters,
:08:07. > :08:10.an air ambulance and two lifeboats. Police went up and down the beach
:08:11. > :08:14.with loudspeakers telling people to get out of the water. Last month
:08:15. > :08:20.there was a similar incident on the same beach. Again, three men were
:08:21. > :08:24.rescued and a 19-year-old Brazilian man later died in hospital. At the
:08:25. > :08:31.time, the police blamed changing tides. That is the problem, it is
:08:32. > :08:34.shelving and a sandy beach and appears very inviting, but local
:08:35. > :08:39.people say you can get in trouble with riptides. After the last death,
:08:40. > :08:42.there was a petition and hundreds of people signed it saying there should
:08:43. > :08:46.be lifeguards on this beach. Thank you.
:08:47. > :08:49.A 21 year-old British woman has been stabbed to death at a backpackers'
:08:50. > :08:52.She's been named as Mia Ayliffe-Chung,
:08:53. > :09:02.An unnamed 30 year-old British man was severely injured in the attack
:09:03. > :09:06.Police say the suspect, who's 29 and from France,
:09:07. > :09:08.shouted "Allahu Akbar" meaning God is Greatest during the attack
:09:09. > :09:14.This is Mia just a few days ago on her way to work
:09:15. > :09:18.She was the girl who was always smiling and full of life.
:09:19. > :09:21.One friend said, the bubbliest and most caring girl she knew.
:09:22. > :09:23.She was spending a year backpacking in Australia.
:09:24. > :09:26.It was at the hostel where she was staying where her life
:09:27. > :09:30.Another Briton, 30-year-old Thomas Jackson from Cheshire,
:09:31. > :09:33.was also seriously injured, and a dog was killed.
:09:34. > :09:35.A 29-year-old French national has been arrested.
:09:36. > :09:39.Police say they are investigating an act of individual criminal
:09:40. > :09:42.behaviour that is unrelated to race or religion,
:09:43. > :09:49.It is alleged that the suspect used the phrase "Allahu Akbar"
:09:50. > :09:51.during the attack and when arrested by police.
:09:52. > :09:53.Whilst this information will be factored into the investigation,
:09:54. > :09:57.were not ruling out any motivations at this early stage, whether they be
:09:58. > :10:04.Mia Ayliffe-Chung grew up here in Derbyshire.
:10:05. > :10:09.One of her best friends told us they used to cry with laughter.
:10:10. > :10:12.She was very exciting to be around, there was never a dull
:10:13. > :10:18.She thought about things very deeply and we would talk for hours
:10:19. > :10:24.And really over-analysing, but she used to make me laugh.
:10:25. > :10:29.Tomorrow pupils will come here to get their results,
:10:30. > :10:34.Their thoughts with the family of a former pupil.
:10:35. > :10:38.One teacher I spoke to said Mia was loved by both staff and students
:10:39. > :10:42.and that she left here with a very strong group of friends.
:10:43. > :10:44.She was a bubbly student, I think it's fair to say.
:10:45. > :10:46.And she was energetic and caring and she involved herself
:10:47. > :10:48.in all activities that the school provided.
:10:49. > :10:52.And she enriched the environment that she took part in.
:10:53. > :10:56.Our thoughts are with her family and friends at what can only be
:10:57. > :11:01.described as the most difficult of times.
:11:02. > :11:03.Mia's Australian ex-boyfriend remembered her as a beautiful soul
:11:04. > :11:08.who had fallen in love with his country, and its people.
:11:09. > :11:14.Sophie Long, BBC News, Wirksworth in Derbyshire.
:11:15. > :11:17.A serving member of the British armed forces has been arrested
:11:18. > :11:20.on suspicion of terrorism linked to Northern Ireland.
:11:21. > :11:22.The 30-year-old was held in Somerset today -
:11:23. > :11:25.and police said a house in South Devon, and a wooded area
:11:26. > :11:30.In Northern Ireland police have also been searching a number
:11:31. > :11:39.Our correspondent Chris Buckler is there for us now.
:11:40. > :11:47.What or are the police telling you? This investigation is taking place
:11:48. > :11:51.on both sides. But detectives say it is linked to the discovery of
:11:52. > :11:55.weapons here in Larne. On the outskirts of the town be found
:11:56. > :11:59.bomb-making material and two months later in a forest, they found a
:12:00. > :12:03.number of weapons, in what police described at the time as one of the
:12:04. > :12:09.most significant arms find in years. There were, piercing rockets. Police
:12:10. > :12:13.have been searching some of the homes behind me and they have taken
:12:14. > :12:19.a number of items away. They have been searching in South Devon. They
:12:20. > :12:22.have searched a house as well as a wooded area. It follows the arrest
:12:23. > :12:27.of a 30-year-old man at lunchtime today. The BBC understands he is
:12:28. > :12:30.from this town and is serving as a Royal Marine in the West Country.
:12:31. > :12:36.But there has been a short statement from the Ministry of Defence. They
:12:37. > :12:39.say they are aware of a police investigation and the arrest of a
:12:40. > :12:45.member of the Armed Forces and they know it is understood he is being
:12:46. > :12:50.questioned on suspicion four axle preparation for terrorism.
:12:51. > :12:53.The Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has defended himself after Virgin Trains
:12:54. > :12:54.questioned his claim that he couldn't find
:12:55. > :12:56.a seat on a service from London to Newcastle.
:12:57. > :13:00.Mr Corbyn had said he was forced to sit on the floor,
:13:01. > :13:02.after which Virgin released video appearing to show him
:13:03. > :13:07.Mr Corbyn said today he'd needed two seats, for himself and his wife.
:13:08. > :13:08.Our political correspondent Ben Wright reports.
:13:09. > :13:12.He claimed it was a ram-packed train after walking through a carriage
:13:13. > :13:18.So why didn't Jeremy Corbyn sit down after first boarding the 11am
:13:19. > :13:23.Today at the launch of his NHS policy unwanted questions
:13:24. > :13:35.I'm very well aware we live in a free country, I'm very proud
:13:36. > :13:37.to live in a free country, as are you.
:13:38. > :13:40.To his obvious irritation Mr Corbyn was quizzed about his
:13:41. > :13:47.Yes, I did look for two empty seats together so I could sit down
:13:48. > :14:01.This is what riled Virgin Trains and kicked off the row.
:14:02. > :14:09.Jeremy Corbyn was filmed sitting on the floor because he said there
:14:10. > :14:15.wasn't an empty seat. After 45 minutes, Mr Corbyn's party were
:14:16. > :14:20.treated by trained staff. His campaign manager insisted they had
:14:21. > :14:24.played it straight. He is a man of integrity and principle. But he has
:14:25. > :14:28.conceded himself, he could have had a seat immediately on the train if
:14:29. > :14:31.he had wanted one for himself. If there had been seat available, he
:14:32. > :14:35.would have gone and sat in those seats. He walked through, didn't
:14:36. > :14:40.think there were any seats available. He wanted to sit with his
:14:41. > :14:50.wife. The train crew apologised for the fact there weren't any seats. On
:14:51. > :14:53.today's 11 o'clock departure from King's Cross to Newcastle, there
:14:54. > :14:58.were plenty of unreserved seats free and some support for Mr Corbyn.
:14:59. > :15:05.There are many times this train is jam-packed and no place to sit. It
:15:06. > :15:11.has been like that in the evening, but never during the day. There are
:15:12. > :15:17.so many bigger things going on in the world. But the leadership rivals
:15:18. > :15:23.was clear to stare the row. What is clear he had a seat on the train, he
:15:24. > :15:27.chose to sit on the floor for the purposes of the video. This argument
:15:28. > :15:30.may have caused Mr Corbyn some discomfort, but a bust up with a
:15:31. > :15:34.private train company may fire up his supporters.
:15:35. > :15:37.Our top story this evening: More than 70 people have been killed
:15:38. > :15:39.and many more are missing, after a powerful earthquake
:15:40. > :15:55.And still to come: How the world's largest flying machine has ended up
:15:56. > :15:57.crashing on its second UK test flight.
:15:58. > :16:00.Coming up in Sportsday on BBC News: Joe Hart could start
:16:01. > :16:02.at the Etihad tonight, as Manchester City look
:16:03. > :16:04.to seal their place in the Champions League group stages.
:16:05. > :16:15.They play Steaua Bucharest, leading 5-0 from the first leg.
:16:16. > :16:17.Scientists are hailing a major discovery, a new planet
:16:18. > :16:22.At just four light years away, it's relatively close to us.
:16:23. > :16:25.It's roughly the same size as Earth, and because it is just the right
:16:26. > :16:29.distance away from its star, it could be the right temperature
:16:30. > :16:31.to have liquid water and possibly life.
:16:32. > :16:36.Our Science Editor David Shukman has the details.
:16:37. > :16:38.In the dazzling beauty of the skies above Chile,
:16:39. > :16:40.telescopes have focused on the pinprick of light coming
:16:41. > :16:46.And they've made a stunning discovery.
:16:47. > :16:48.They found an alien world orbiting around it.
:16:49. > :16:53.No one has seen the planet directly, but researchers know
:16:54. > :16:56.it is there because of tiny movements in the star.
:16:57. > :17:00.It is a huge moment in the exploration of space.
:17:01. > :17:04.This is the nearest planet that potentially can have life.
:17:05. > :17:09.And can be in a sense similar to our own planet.
:17:10. > :17:14.There are hundreds of planets being discovered now every month.
:17:15. > :17:21.This happened once, it will not happen again.
:17:22. > :17:24.It is hard to grasp distance in space and where this newly found
:17:25. > :17:40.But gaze beyond our solar system to the next nearest star,
:17:41. > :17:43.Proxima Centauri, and that is 24 trillion miles away.
:17:44. > :17:46.It sounds a lot, but in space terms, it is our neighbour.
:17:47. > :17:49.That is where a planet has been discovered orbiting around it.
:17:50. > :17:52.And the reason scientists are so excited is that this alien
:17:53. > :17:57.world is the closest there is outside our own solar system.
:17:58. > :18:05.And although its star is much cooler than our sun,
:18:06. > :18:08.the planet is in just the right zone for liquid water
:18:09. > :18:15.And that means that in theory, it could support life.
:18:16. > :18:19.Telescopes around the world will now be deployed to find out more.
:18:20. > :18:23.This really changes, I think, our perception of how many habitable
:18:24. > :18:30.And it means that the prospect for alien life elsewhere
:18:31. > :18:36.in the galaxy look a lot more rosy than they did last week.
:18:37. > :18:38.Reaching the planet with the spacecraft we have
:18:39. > :18:42.now would take tens of thousands of years.
:18:43. > :18:45.There is a plan, backed by Stephen Hawking, for far more
:18:46. > :18:50.And that project now has a tangible goal to aim for.
:18:51. > :18:54.In the meantime, it will be astronomers who hunt
:18:55. > :19:01.for clues about our nearest neighbour in deep space.
:19:02. > :19:03.New figures show that Scotland's deficit was almost ?15 billion
:19:04. > :19:08.That's half a billion higher than the previous year.
:19:09. > :19:15.Our Scotland Editor Sarah Smith is in Glasgow for us.
:19:16. > :19:24.What do these figures tell us? Well, they tell us what a dramatic effect
:19:25. > :19:30.of the fork in the oil price has had on the public purse. Revenue raised
:19:31. > :19:35.from the North Sea is down by 97% and last year 's got on's share of
:19:36. > :19:39.that revenue was ?60 million. That has been offset by earnings
:19:40. > :19:43.elsewhere, but it still leaves Scotland's spending substantially
:19:44. > :19:48.more public money than it raises in taxes. Scotland is running a
:19:49. > :19:54.notional deficit of 9.5% of GDP which is high when you compare it to
:19:55. > :19:58.the UK total which is 4%. This does not mean the Scottish government has
:19:59. > :20:03.to slash public spending. Their budget is not determined by how much
:20:04. > :20:08.taxes raised. It allows their political opponents to seize on
:20:09. > :20:12.these figures and say, this shows a Scotland benefit economically from
:20:13. > :20:16.being part of the UK and if Scotland were to become independent, it would
:20:17. > :20:20.be struggling with a large deficit. That matters at the moment because
:20:21. > :20:25.the first Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she is considering whether to
:20:26. > :20:26.call a second referendum on independence. She responded saying
:20:27. > :20:43.it was not independent that was a threat to the economy, it was
:20:44. > :20:46.Brexit. She produced statistics that show Brexit could cost the economy
:20:47. > :20:48.up to ?11 million a year and she says that is what is damaging, not
:20:49. > :20:49.the prospect of an independent Scotland.
:20:50. > :20:52.Turkish tanks have crossed into Syria, and have been attacking
:20:53. > :20:54.forces of self-styled Islamic State, helped by aircraft from
:20:55. > :20:59.Turkey says it wants to drive IS from the border region,
:21:00. > :21:01.but it also admits its forces are attacking Kurdish militants
:21:02. > :21:05.Pictures have emerged of French police appearing to force a Muslim
:21:06. > :21:08.woman to remove clothes on a beach in Nice.
:21:09. > :21:11.They're fuelling an ongoing debate about the controversial ban on full
:21:12. > :21:17.Rights groups have called the ban divisive.
:21:18. > :21:26.The highest court in France is due to rule on it tomorrow.
:21:27. > :21:33.Nigel Farage is to speak at a rally in Mississippi later with the US
:21:34. > :21:38.presidential candidate Donald Trump. Sources close to him say he is not
:21:39. > :21:42.endorsing the controversial Republican nominee, but he plans to
:21:43. > :21:46.tell supporters at the antiestablishment candidate can beat
:21:47. > :21:49.the establishment, following his long-term campaign victory to leave
:21:50. > :21:51.long-term campaign victory to leave the European Union.
:21:52. > :21:54.An 87-year-old man who shot his wife at a care home has been
:21:55. > :21:57.sentenced to six years in a secure psychiatric hospital.
:21:58. > :21:59.Ronald King was cleared of murder after the judge directed the jury
:22:00. > :22:02.to accept a plea of manslaughter by diminished responsibility.
:22:03. > :22:05.His wife Rita King was shot at De La Mer House care home
:22:06. > :22:12.Our correspondent Ellie Price reports.
:22:13. > :22:15.They'd been married for more than 50 years, but in December last year,
:22:16. > :22:18.Ronald King decided his 81-year-old wife Rita, who had dementia,
:22:19. > :22:24.He decided to move into this care home over Christmas so that he could
:22:25. > :22:35.Then, a couple of days after Boxing Day, he shot her.
:22:36. > :22:39.I could see Ron with a gun in his hand, but he still had his
:22:40. > :22:43.And I managed to get my hand on top of the gun
:22:44. > :22:48.And I just said, "Please, Ron, please, please, let go of this gun.
:22:49. > :22:52.Ronald King used this gun - a World War II revolver that had
:22:53. > :22:59.The court heard the couple had breakfast together in the care
:23:00. > :23:02.home's dining room before he took her into the lounge area.
:23:03. > :23:04.In front of two other elderly residents, he shot her once
:23:05. > :23:13.He then kissed her on the lips and said goodbye.
:23:14. > :23:21.He says that is when he knew she was at peace. Then he said he planned to
:23:22. > :23:23.turn the gun on himself but could not do it.
:23:24. > :23:27.You know, unbelieving, really, that something like that
:23:28. > :23:39.And how could a man shoot his own wife?
:23:40. > :23:45.Ronald died in reaching his responsibility for the killing, but
:23:46. > :23:49.not entirely. The judge made it clear in his summing up today that
:23:50. > :24:00.he understood what his acts involved and he knew that he had killed her.
:24:01. > :24:04.It will come to that responsibility. The judge accepted Ronald King had
:24:05. > :24:09.been a devoted husband, but insisted this was not a mercy killing. He
:24:10. > :24:10.will start his six-year sentence in hospital and then be moved to prison
:24:11. > :24:23.if his health improves. The world's largest aircraft has
:24:24. > :24:27.crashed on its second test flight in the UK.
:24:28. > :24:30.Airlander 10, which is 302 feet long, is part plane,
:24:31. > :24:33.It was damaged at its base at Cardington Airfield,
:24:34. > :24:37.Our transport correspondent Richard Westcott reports.
:24:38. > :24:39.The world's largest aircraft takes a long time to crash.
:24:40. > :24:42.Almost in slow motion, the pilot can't stop it
:24:43. > :24:48.The cockpit with the crew up front is clearly smashed up.
:24:49. > :24:53.For Angela, an enthusiast who shot this footage,
:24:54. > :25:01.Because you know, well you don't know if the people in there have
:25:02. > :25:05.If the ground crew are OK, just didn't know.
:25:06. > :25:08.Very shaken afterwards, I mean, I did shake when I was holding
:25:09. > :25:10.the camera trying to get the pictures of them,
:25:11. > :25:14.And I did say if anyone can hold it steadier than me,
:25:15. > :25:18.It went very quiet, the other people stood here went very quiet.
:25:19. > :25:24.Eyewitnesses here told me they saw sparks coming from the mooring rope
:25:25. > :25:30.But I understand that's not connected to the crash.
:25:31. > :25:33.There was no chance of a fireball because the Airlander is full
:25:34. > :25:35.of inert helium gas, not the explosive hydrogen gas
:25:36. > :25:39.of the famous old airships like the Hindenburg.
:25:40. > :25:41.You might think airships are old technology, but many believe
:25:42. > :25:47.Using a third less fuel than a normal aeroplane, and able
:25:48. > :25:50.to stay in the air for days, they can carry huge cargoes
:25:51. > :25:55.This accident is an embarrassing setback on just its second test
:25:56. > :26:08.flight but the company says Airlander should fly again soon.
:26:09. > :26:14.There it is sitting forlornly on the airfield. You can see they have
:26:15. > :26:18.covered up the cockpit and there are British and on the skin of the
:26:19. > :26:24.aircraft. It is actually nearly three times longer than the very
:26:25. > :26:27.first flight by the Wright brothers. Now the work begins to find out why
:26:28. > :26:31.it crashed and to get it back up in the air again.
:26:32. > :26:43.It has been the hottest day of the year so far.
:26:44. > :26:48.Yes, very hot, but not for all. In Suffolk and can we got up to 34
:26:49. > :26:54.Celsius, making it the hottest day so far. Across Northern Ireland
:26:55. > :26:59.there was plenty of sunshine, as there was in Scotland. For many of
:27:00. > :27:05.us it was much more comfortable at 19. We have got the fresh air in the
:27:06. > :27:12.West and the hot air in the east and in between a weather front and
:27:13. > :27:15.recently cloud has got sicker. It is moving steadily northwards overnight
:27:16. > :27:20.and you might get woken up by a flash of lightning or hear a rumble
:27:21. > :27:27.of thunder. It is another warm and humid night. Tomorrow we will be
:27:28. > :27:32.chasing around the thunderstorms and the heat from recent days is
:27:33. > :27:38.providing the energy for potentially some lively downpours. We could see
:27:39. > :27:43.more persistent rain developing in northern England with thunderstorms
:27:44. > :27:50.thrown in. Under that band of rain temperature struggled to get up to
:27:51. > :27:54.14 or 15. It is a fine day for Scotland and Northern Ireland, still
:27:55. > :27:59.some warmth in the South East, but not as hot as today. Still warm in
:28:00. > :28:04.the south-east corner on Friday with maybe some showers and there will be
:28:05. > :28:13.showers in the West, but for most Friday is a very pleasant day and we
:28:14. > :28:16.have lost the humidity. Will it last into the weekend? It is a bank
:28:17. > :28:22.holiday except in Scotland. Not exactly. There will be heavy rain
:28:23. > :28:28.around, but not all of us will see it. There will be some warmth before
:28:29. > :28:34.things turn drier but cooler on Monday. Our main story: At least 120
:28:35. > :28:38.people have been killed and many more are missing in an earthquake
:28:39. > :28:39.that hit a mountainous area of central Italy.
:28:40. > :28:43.That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me