:00:00. > :00:07.The Labour MP, Keith Vaz, quits as head of an influential
:00:08. > :00:12.Newspapers claimed he'd paid for two male prostitutes.
:00:13. > :00:18.We all accepted that was the appropriate course of action
:00:19. > :00:24.he has taken and we also appreciate the many challenges facing him
:00:25. > :00:30.Mr Vaz said, "Those who hold others to account must
:00:31. > :00:38.A British preacher who encouraged the support of so-called
:00:39. > :00:42.Sports Direct promises to improve workers conditions -
:00:43. > :00:47.How was a group of protestors able to occupy a runway
:00:48. > :00:53.And on the eve of the Paralympics, Britain aims to beat
:00:54. > :01:03.Coming up in the sport: Britain's Andy Murray is just two
:01:04. > :01:05.matches away from another US Open final, after winning
:01:06. > :01:27.through to the last eight in commanding style.
:01:28. > :01:30.Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.
:01:31. > :01:33.The Labour MP, Keith Vaz, has resigned as head of the influential
:01:34. > :01:39.It follows newspaper allegations that he paid for the services
:01:40. > :01:44.The married father of two said, "Those who hold others to account
:01:45. > :01:49.Mr Vaz is a prominent member of the House of Commons
:01:50. > :01:51.and also Britain's longest serving British Asian MP.
:01:52. > :01:58.Our deputy political editor, John Pienaar, reports.
:01:59. > :02:05.Out of luck, out of friends and now out of one of the prestigious Jews
:02:06. > :02:08.jobs and MP can do outside Government. Keith Vaz, who spent
:02:09. > :02:13.years putting pressure on the powerful. Left home today to give
:02:14. > :02:17.into the pressure on him to quit over tabloid allegation abouts his
:02:18. > :02:25.sex life. The news he resigned was as big as the story that brought him
:02:26. > :02:31.down was ugly to read. He was reportedly caught out using male
:02:32. > :02:34.prostitutes. No laws broken, accept unwritten ones on reputation when in
:02:35. > :02:56.authority. On those he pleaded guilty. In a statement he said:
:02:57. > :03:04.His committee announced the penalty that he had accepted. The committee
:03:05. > :03:10.listened, I think in sadness, to what Keith had to say and with a
:03:11. > :03:16.good deal of respect. Keith has clearly acted in the best interests
:03:17. > :03:22.of the Home Affairs Select Committee and the important work that we do.
:03:23. > :03:28.And, with sadness, we all accepted that that was the appropriate course
:03:29. > :03:31.of action that he has taken and we also appreciate the many challenges
:03:32. > :03:36.facing him personally and his family. And, there was this tribute
:03:37. > :03:40.to Mr Vaz's work. I think he has a reputation for getting the best out
:03:41. > :03:45.of witnesses, for being a robust Chair, but also being a fair Chair
:03:46. > :03:49.as well. Again, I don't think it is an underestimate to say that the
:03:50. > :03:54.work of the committee under his Chairmanship has had a direct and
:03:55. > :04:01.big impact on Government policy, on law and also on public opinion at
:04:02. > :04:05.times as well. Keith Vaz's cutting style in the Home Affairs committee
:04:06. > :04:08.Chair seems ironic looking back. Nobody is questioning our integrity,
:04:09. > :04:12.it is your judgment we are questioning. Can I say on behalf of
:04:13. > :04:15.the committee, we have found your evidence most unsatisfactory. Can I
:04:16. > :04:19.just finish my question before. I know you are eager to give evidence
:04:20. > :04:23.but you need to just calm down. This was the story twha brought Keith Vaz
:04:24. > :04:28.down. The twael look set to run and run. Labour's leader was keen to
:04:29. > :04:32.draw a line under it all. There has to be confidence in a democratic
:04:33. > :04:35.process and therefore confidence in politicians, what they do. Keith has
:04:36. > :04:39.made that decision to resign. I think we should respect that
:04:40. > :04:44.decision. Thank him for his work of Chair of the Home Affairs Select
:04:45. > :04:49.Committee and move on from there. Keith Vaz was elected in 1987, one
:04:50. > :04:52.of a handful of ethnic minority MPs and rose to become Europe Minister
:04:53. > :04:57.under Tony Blair but there was coninterest ofcy, about the way he'd
:04:58. > :04:59.lobbied to get British passports for the which will yob air Hindu
:05:00. > :05:07.gentleman brothers. His financial dealings have been questioned. Once
:05:08. > :05:11.he was suspended for making be a accusations. Tonight he was in the
:05:12. > :05:14.chamber, reduced living testimony to the fragility of a political career.
:05:15. > :05:19.At Westminster the sympathy is mostly for his family. Suddenly
:05:20. > :05:22.Keith Vaz seems a lonely figure. There have been plenty of salacious
:05:23. > :05:27.details in the papers, but some people are questioning whether Mr
:05:28. > :05:31.Vaz had to step down, given he hasn't broken any laws. That's so.
:05:32. > :05:36.The reports were certainly lurid and the suggestion of a conflict of
:05:37. > :05:38.interest from an MP whoes job involves scrutinising public policy
:05:39. > :05:42.including prostitution. They were not easy to argue away but
:05:43. > :05:46.ultimately Keith Vaz lacked the safety net of the support and
:05:47. > :05:51.sympathy of his colleagues, including on his own side. One
:05:52. > :05:53.Labour MP was saying if it had been another committee it might have been
:05:54. > :05:57.different and someone other than Keith Vaz t might have been
:05:58. > :05:59.different. Which sums up, if you like, the hopelessness of his
:06:00. > :06:03.position which he might not have seen himself rearier in the day when
:06:04. > :06:07.some colleagues thought he might try to cling on. Past allegations and
:06:08. > :06:11.the likelihood of more to come, rightly or wrongly, they had sapped
:06:12. > :06:15.that support. Britain s I think, in many cases more tolerate of private
:06:16. > :06:19.morality than in past years but MPs, ultimately we see again, they are
:06:20. > :06:24.bound by a code of conduct, hard it is to design but no more forgiving
:06:25. > :06:27.than the law as they pass themselves in Westminster.
:06:28. > :06:29.The radical preacher, Anjem Choudary, is beginning
:06:30. > :06:32.jail sentence this evening, for encouraging support
:06:33. > :06:40.-- for inviting support for so-called Islamic State.
:06:41. > :06:43.Choudary has long been regarded as a key force in radicalising
:06:44. > :06:45.young Muslims and several of his supporters went on to be
:06:46. > :06:47.convicted of terrorism, including the murderers
:06:48. > :06:50.As our Home Affairs Correspondent, June Kelly, reports, his influence
:06:51. > :07:00.They say that is terrorism For 20 years he was Anjem Choudary, hate
:07:01. > :07:04.preacher. Now he's Anjem Choudary, convicted terrorist. He could have
:07:05. > :07:08.been jailed for up to ten years. He's been given five-and-a-half for
:07:09. > :07:16.inviting support for so-called Islamic State. The same sentence was
:07:17. > :07:20.passed on his co-defendant and close associate Mohammed Misanoraman. As
:07:21. > :07:26.they stood together in the dock of the Old Bailey, some of their
:07:27. > :07:30.supporters looked down. One shouted alieu Akbar, "God is great" as the
:07:31. > :07:35.judge announced the jail terms The country is a bit safer. All the evil
:07:36. > :07:39.they have been sowing, all their evil words and the dissent they have
:07:40. > :07:44.tried to sow throughout society is over. They have paid the price and
:07:45. > :07:50.going to jail. Skilless for so long on staying on the right side of the
:07:51. > :07:54.law. He has been at the centre of a network of extremists in the UK and
:07:55. > :07:59.beyond his former right-hand man was arrested with him but fled to Syria
:08:00. > :08:06.while on bail and is now suspended of being the new Jihadi John.
:08:07. > :08:09.Another follow up was Michael Adebolajo he and his foredisciple
:08:10. > :08:12.were responsible for the savage street killing of Lee Rigby and
:08:13. > :08:17.Chowdhury's influence extended across Europe. In Belgium, many
:08:18. > :08:21.extremists linked to him have been prosecuted. We are here in Europe,
:08:22. > :08:26.in Amsterdam. This was him in Holland, one of the countries where
:08:27. > :08:29.his toxic message took root. The judge described Anjem Choudary as
:08:30. > :08:35.calculating and dangerous and said he had shown no remorse. He now
:08:36. > :08:43.follow many he once led into the prison system and at the age of 49,
:08:44. > :08:47.this is his first jail term. Chowdhury, especially his
:08:48. > :08:50.co-defendant, could become magnetic figures for other inmates These
:08:51. > :08:54.individuals are going into prison for a substantial period of time
:08:55. > :08:58.that. Will have to be managed jointly with the Prison Service. It
:08:59. > :09:01.is a worry but it has to be managed going forward. The police say they
:09:02. > :09:06.have to work with communities to keep people off the radical path.
:09:07. > :09:10.Luton was one of Chowdhury's most fertile recruiting grounds. At this
:09:11. > :09:15.mosque in the town, they are trying hard to counter the propaganda. Here
:09:16. > :09:18.they think it is vital to have an open discussion so that young
:09:19. > :09:21.Muslims are then equipped tochallenge extremists. You should
:09:22. > :09:28.have an ideological battle with these people. This is what we are
:09:29. > :09:31.doing, we are teaching young people how to intellectually debate in
:09:32. > :09:35.dialogue with extremists and if they come to you, to say - I know what
:09:36. > :09:39.the right path is, my teachers have taught me the right path. They are
:09:40. > :09:46.tired of terrorists like Anjem Choudary, using Islam to justify
:09:47. > :09:50.what they say and do. Choudary will begin his sentence in the high
:09:51. > :09:54.security unit at Belmarsh jail. For the next few years his rare glimpses
:09:55. > :09:58.of the outside world will be from inside a prison van.
:09:59. > :10:03.The Government is considering opening new grammar schools
:10:04. > :10:05.in England, according to a memo revealed accidentally
:10:06. > :10:09.Photographers caught sight of the confidential paper,
:10:10. > :10:11.which mentioned that expanding existing grammar schools
:10:12. > :10:14.Our education editor, Branwen Jeffreys, is here.
:10:15. > :10:16.Yet another person caught out with a confidential paper
:10:17. > :10:24.You would think they have learned their lesson by now. Are we going to
:10:25. > :10:29.see new grammar schools? Well, they are certainly on the menu. This is
:10:30. > :10:32.the most significant glimpse we have had so far into the Government
:10:33. > :10:36.thinking about how it might expand grammar were vision in England.
:10:37. > :10:40.First of all, it said they could work with existing grammar schools
:10:41. > :10:44.that want to expand. There are 160-odd already in England. And that
:10:45. > :10:49.was, in the Conservative manifesto at the last election. Since then,
:10:50. > :10:54.one school in Kent has been given permission to open up on another
:10:55. > :10:59.site ten miles away on the grounds it is an annex but they say they
:11:00. > :11:01.have to look at the impact on other schools. Grammar schools remain a
:11:02. > :11:05.divisive and controversial issue for two main reasons. One, you take some
:11:06. > :11:08.of the very bright children and put them in one school t makes the job
:11:09. > :11:12.of the other surrounding schools that much harder and the second is,
:11:13. > :11:15.we know if you look at who gets in, who ends up in grammar schools,
:11:16. > :11:20.poor, bright children are less likely to end up in a grammar
:11:21. > :11:23.school. So the second idea here, the confirmation that they could open
:11:24. > :11:27.new grammar schools is highly conroer have. That would require a
:11:28. > :11:30.change in the law that could meet very stiff resistance from within
:11:31. > :11:35.the House of Lords. But that's not where the only criticism lies. Just
:11:36. > :11:39.yesterday the Chief Inspector of schools, Sir Michael Wilshaw said it
:11:40. > :11:42.was tosh and nonsense to say grammar schools helps people get a better
:11:43. > :11:43.chance in life and there are reservations within the Conservative
:11:44. > :11:47.Party, too. A boy and girl, aged 15 have pleaded
:11:48. > :11:50.guilty to the manslaughter of a mother and her
:11:51. > :11:52.daughter in Lincolnshire They're accused of killing
:11:53. > :11:55.Elizabeth Edwards and her 13-year-old daughter, Katie,
:11:56. > :12:04.at a house in Spalding in April. There's been a serious breach
:12:05. > :12:06.of security at London's City Airport after activists managed to gain
:12:07. > :12:08.access to a runway Flights were stopped for for six
:12:09. > :12:12.hours, causing major The campaign group,
:12:13. > :12:15.Black Lives Matter, said their action was to draw
:12:16. > :12:17.attention to the environmental impact of climate change
:12:18. > :12:18.on black people. On the runway at London's City
:12:19. > :12:24.Airport just before six o'clock this morning,
:12:25. > :12:28.nine protesters from the Black Lives Matter movement
:12:29. > :12:32.grounded all flights. Police arrived to find
:12:33. > :12:35.the group locked together It took officers nearly six hours
:12:36. > :12:45.to remove them and make arrests. The anti-racism group says it's
:12:46. > :12:47.highlighting the UK's environmental When we say Black Lives Matter,
:12:48. > :12:55.we also mean the black lives and the families that live
:12:56. > :12:57.in proximity to facilities like airports, like the busiest
:12:58. > :13:01.roads, like power plants. And we're also talking
:13:02. > :13:04.about the black lives that are far away from here,
:13:05. > :13:07.in some of the countries that are the most affected
:13:08. > :13:09.by climate change and It's not yet clear how
:13:10. > :13:15.the protesters made their way onto the runway here,
:13:16. > :13:19.but there are suggestions they used a dingy and crossed the water which,
:13:20. > :13:22.in itself, has raised London City Airport is investigating
:13:23. > :13:29.how this security breach happened, which left big delays
:13:30. > :13:32.in a terminal used by around I'm trying to get home
:13:33. > :13:42.to see my wife and I'm quite tired, And really, those nine protesters,
:13:43. > :13:53.I mean, they may have a good cause, All these hundreds of
:13:54. > :13:59.people are suffering. This isn't the first time
:14:00. > :14:02.Black Lives Matter has caused disruption -
:14:03. > :14:06.last month, blocking the M4 at Heathrow - and the group
:14:07. > :14:08.say they will continue Labour MP, Keith Vaz,
:14:09. > :14:22.quits as head of an influential parliamentary committee
:14:23. > :14:28.after allegations he paid two in Britain and heading
:14:29. > :14:34.to the developing world. We'll have more on one of Britain's
:14:35. > :14:37.most decorated Paralympians, Lee Pearson, who's been selected
:14:38. > :14:40.by his team-mates to carry the GB flag at Wednesday's opening
:14:41. > :14:55.ceremony in Rio de Janeiro. Sports Direct has promised
:14:56. > :14:57.to improve conditions for its workers after MPs criticised
:14:58. > :14:59.conditions at its warehouse in Derbyshire for not
:15:00. > :15:03.treating its staff like humans. The company - which has
:15:04. > :15:05.been under pressure to overhaul the way it's run -
:15:06. > :15:09.says it will offer to end zero-hours contracts for shop workers,
:15:10. > :15:11.but more than 3,000 warehouse workers will not
:15:12. > :15:12.qualify for the offer. Our business correspondent,
:15:13. > :15:21.Emma Simpson, reports. Sports Direct's distribution centre,
:15:22. > :15:26.in the Derbyshire countryside, a vast site, manned mostly
:15:27. > :15:28.by thousands of temporary A place which MPs recently likened
:15:29. > :15:34.to a Victorian workhouse. The company's own review today found
:15:35. > :15:39.serious shortcomings. Earlier this year, this BBC
:15:40. > :15:41.programme revealed a culture of fear, Stuart Young
:15:42. > :15:43.was a security guard here. It feels like something out
:15:44. > :15:53.of Dickens the way it's run. Finding urine in bottles
:15:54. > :15:56.in the warehouse because they've been told they can't go
:15:57. > :15:58.to the toilet. The company denied that claim,
:15:59. > :16:00.but it is improving It's so-called six strikes
:16:01. > :16:04.and you're out policy is being suspended, workers will be
:16:05. > :16:07.paid above the National Minimum Wage and it'll trial a scheme to move 10
:16:08. > :16:19.agency workers onto direct Taking 10 people a month will take
:16:20. > :16:23.28 years to get those people, as they sit now, into permanent, decent
:16:24. > :16:27.employment with Sports Direct. That's not good enough. We have a
:16:28. > :16:32.long way to go. At the site today the view from workers. If they get
:16:33. > :16:38.rid of the strike system, this place should be OK. Until they get rid of
:16:39. > :16:42.that, mate, this place is abysmal. The conditions aren't perfect, but
:16:43. > :16:45.I've worked in worse places. Away from the warehouse there are changes
:16:46. > :16:50.for thousands of its shop workers. It's offering to move them from zero
:16:51. > :16:55.hours contracts to permanent ones which guarantee at least 12-hours
:16:56. > :17:02.work a week. I went home every night and said to my girlfriend, I don't
:17:03. > :17:06.know when I will work, or when I can earn money, I stated I'm desperate
:17:07. > :17:10.to work, they couldn't assure me of the minimum hours I was working
:17:11. > :17:16.every week because of the casual contract they put me on. Mike Ashley
:17:17. > :17:19.build the company from scratch, he owns most of the company as well as
:17:20. > :17:23.Newcastle United. The share price has been going down as the
:17:24. > :17:30.grievances pile up. This review comes a day before Sports Direct
:17:31. > :17:34.faces the wrath of independent shareholders at its AGM. Pressure
:17:35. > :17:40.from investors has been growing for changes to its top team and to how
:17:41. > :17:45.this business is run. Sports Direct is promising more work on that, but
:17:46. > :17:48.will today's concessions be enough to quell tomorrow's potential
:17:49. > :17:54.shareholder rebellion? Emma Simpson, BBC News.
:17:55. > :17:56.Boosting Scotland's economy and improving
:17:57. > :17:58.education will be the focus for the Scottish Government
:17:59. > :18:01.First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has been outlining the plans
:18:02. > :18:03.as part of 14 new bills the SNP administration
:18:04. > :18:10.Our Scotland editor, Sarah Smith, is there.
:18:11. > :18:16.Nicola Sturgeon has been setting out her priorities today? Yes. Her first
:18:17. > :18:19.priority she says is trying to tackle the attainment gap between
:18:20. > :18:23.school pupils from richer and poorer backgrounds. She has staked her
:18:24. > :18:27.personal reputation on that. She is making preparations just in case she
:18:28. > :18:32.decides to call for a second referendum on Scottish independence.
:18:33. > :18:38.I can't believe this is going to be a football pitch.
:18:39. > :18:41.Nothing says - I'm getting on with the job better than a photo
:18:42. > :18:45.So Nicola Sturgeon got suitably kited up for a visit
:18:46. > :18:47.to a new school under construction in Edinburgh this morning.
:18:48. > :18:50.But it will feel like it's outside up here.
:18:51. > :18:53.These pictures carefully co-ordinated to deliver the message
:18:54. > :18:55.that she plans to focus on both education and increased
:18:56. > :19:05.The First Minister says it is time for the hard graft of turning
:19:06. > :19:08.This programme for Government demonstrates how with an iron focus
:19:09. > :19:11.on the business of Government we will create opportunity for all.
:19:12. > :19:14.It outlines how we will support economic growth, invest in childcare
:19:15. > :19:19.and schools, improve public services and empower our local communities.
:19:20. > :19:23.As well as increased infrastructure spending, the First Minister
:19:24. > :19:25.announced ?500,000,000 in support for private-sector businesses facing
:19:26. > :19:34.Plans to send more Government funding direct to school head
:19:35. > :19:37.teachers and reduce teachers' workload.
:19:38. > :19:39.A child poverty bill which will include a baby
:19:40. > :19:41.box containing clothes, bedding and books for every child
:19:42. > :19:43.born in Scotland and draft legislation to allow another
:19:44. > :19:47.referendum on Scottish independence if she decides to call for one.
:19:48. > :19:52.The Tories are now the main opposition in the Scottish
:19:53. > :19:54.Parliament, partly because of their opposition to Scottish independence.
:19:55. > :20:01.The real dividing line in this country is between the SNP,
:20:02. > :20:04.desperate to drag us back to a second independence referendum,
:20:05. > :20:07.and the rest of us, who all just want to put it
:20:08. > :20:17.Observers warn that Nicola Sturgeon can not afford
:20:18. > :20:19.to be seen to be ignoring the business of Government
:20:20. > :20:21.as she considers the possibility of independence.
:20:22. > :20:30.She has to be seen to focus on those core issues that
:20:31. > :20:32.that matter to citizens, that need to be dealt with.
:20:33. > :20:34.If the SNP Government doesn't make a success of those,
:20:35. > :20:37.within the context of devolution, then it will struggle to win
:20:38. > :20:38.the argument for further constitutional change.
:20:39. > :20:41.How well the Scottish Government use the powers they have
:20:42. > :20:43.to address voters' currented concerns could determine
:20:44. > :20:44.whether they will ever succeed in achieving independence.
:20:45. > :20:49.Sarah Smith, BBC News, Edinburgh.
:20:50. > :20:51.It's described as the world's first flat-pack van,
:20:52. > :20:54.which can be assembled in hours and travel more than 600
:20:55. > :20:57.The Ox, unveiled today, is the brainchild of
:20:58. > :20:59.a British Formula One designer for use in remote areas
:21:00. > :21:02.Our transport correspondent, Richard Westcott, has been
:21:03. > :21:10.It doesn't look like it could tackle some of the worst roads on earth.
:21:11. > :21:13.On the surface, the Ox could be any other truck,
:21:14. > :21:28.It's two-wheel drive and yet I'm driving it over what could easily be
:21:29. > :21:35.a dry riverbed in Africa, really rocky and, frankly,
:21:36. > :21:38.it's doing it as well as a 4x4 would do it.
:21:39. > :21:42.Believe it or not, the man who designed it also made this.
:21:43. > :21:46.The McClaren F1 is a super car for the super rich.
:21:47. > :21:50.Ox drivers have very different needs.
:21:51. > :21:53.When we studied the requirements for where this vehicle's
:21:54. > :21:55.going to end up, there is a requirement for
:21:56. > :22:05...loading livestock and barrels of fuel and water.
:22:06. > :22:09.I know it's probably difficult to believe but, for me,
:22:10. > :22:11.this ranks above everything else I've ever done.
:22:12. > :22:14.Designing expensive sports cars, that reaches a few people.
:22:15. > :22:19.if this goes into mass production, this will help thousands
:22:20. > :22:23.Crucially, it flat-packs like furniture, so it's
:22:24. > :22:34.Three semi-skilled people can build it under 12-hours with
:22:35. > :22:37.Every part is designed to be easy to fix.
:22:38. > :22:39.It could make a huge difference for rural farmers, according
:22:40. > :22:46.Agriculture is the main driver of development and the poor farmers
:22:47. > :22:49.are located in the very remote areas where it's difficult for them to,
:22:50. > :22:52.kind of, transport their commodities to the market and also
:22:53. > :22:56.They're now hoping to make 1,000 or so without making a profit.
:22:57. > :23:07.The Paralympic Games get underway in Rio tomorrow and there are high
:23:08. > :23:11.The team won 120 medals at London 2012 and, four years later,
:23:12. > :23:14.it's hoped the athletes can improve on that tally, even though
:23:15. > :23:18.Our sports correspondent, Andy Swiss, joins us now from Rio.
:23:19. > :23:27.Andy. Yes, welcome back to Rio. It's just a few weeks of course since
:23:28. > :23:29.Britain's Olympians enjoyed such success here. Now the Paralympians
:23:30. > :23:36.are hoping to follow suit. At their Brazilian training base,
:23:37. > :23:40.the British team are making their final push for Rio hoping
:23:41. > :23:45.to turn graft into gold. Today though, the first big result
:23:46. > :23:51.equestrian star, Lee Pearson, has won 10 Paralympic titles,
:23:52. > :23:53.now he's been voted flag bearer It is the biggest honour
:23:54. > :24:05.in the whole of the world. To carry the flag would be
:24:06. > :24:07.an honour, but to be voted by my fellow Paralympic GB
:24:08. > :24:12.athletes is surreal. London 2012 forged an array
:24:13. > :24:17.of new stars, so will this be In recent Paralympics,
:24:18. > :24:28.Britain's medal tally has risen In recent Paralympics, Britain's
:24:29. > :24:31.medal tally has risen steadily. From 102 in Beijing,
:24:32. > :24:34.eight years ago, to 120 in London. Here, in Rio, their target is to go
:24:35. > :24:37.at least one better than that with what is a smaller team and,
:24:38. > :24:40.of course, no home advantage. The absence of Russia here,
:24:41. > :24:42.banned after their recent doping scandal, should
:24:43. > :24:44.help Britain's cause, but the head of the British team
:24:45. > :24:47.insists it's still a testing target. History tends to show that it's very
:24:48. > :24:50.difficult to go to your next away Games and repeat that
:24:51. > :24:53.level of performance. So it's a challenging target,
:24:54. > :24:55.but I think that the results over the last couple of seasons
:24:56. > :24:59.especially really point towards this It's a team with plenty
:25:00. > :25:08.of new faces. 16-year-old Maria Lyle juggles
:25:09. > :25:10.school work with sprinting, now she's among around half
:25:11. > :25:12.the British athletes It's crazy to think,
:25:13. > :25:20.four years ago, I was watching it and now I'm like in the training
:25:21. > :25:25.camp with the whole team. But I think, even just being here,
:25:26. > :25:28.is a great achievement, I'm enjoying every moment and I'm
:25:29. > :25:30.looking forward to Of course, British athletes in Rio
:25:31. > :25:37.haven't done too badly So could there now be
:25:38. > :25:43.a second goldrush? On Copacabana, the Olympic
:25:44. > :25:45.rings have been replaced The stage is set for yet
:25:46. > :25:48.more sporting drama. Andy Swiss, BBC News,
:25:49. > :26:08.Rio. In Rio as the week goes on
:26:09. > :26:12.relatively cool for the time of year. There could be patchy rain
:26:13. > :26:16.developing as well. I know it's a different season in Rio, we have
:26:17. > :26:21.been giving Rio a run for its money in terms of warmth today, 26 in
:26:22. > :26:26.Aberdeen and 27 in Hull. Those areas saw sunshine. Many of us stayed
:26:27. > :26:29.under cloud, cloud or sunshine, warm, humid and a muggy night to
:26:30. > :26:33.come. Poor visibility and patchy mist and fog developing. Most places
:26:34. > :26:37.will be dry. Patchy rain to the western side of Scotland. Last night
:26:38. > :26:40.set a new over night temperature record in September for Northern
:26:41. > :26:45.Ireland. Tonight, again, look at this, we would be happy with this by
:26:46. > :26:53.day at this time of year. A muggy start to the day tomorrow. Plenty of
:26:54. > :26:57.Cloud, mist and fog. The process is getting jumped way during the day
:26:58. > :27:00.across the Channel Islands into southern England, south Wales as
:27:01. > :27:05.well breaking out into the sunshine, lifting those temperatures. We are
:27:06. > :27:08.widely into the 20s. It's humid once more. If the washing on the clothes
:27:09. > :27:12.line is taking time to dry that is why. Northern Ireland into Scotland
:27:13. > :27:16.seeing some sunny spells. Most will be dry. The threat of the odd heavy
:27:17. > :27:20.shower. Far north of Scotland and into the western isles. Fine
:27:21. > :27:25.tomorrow evening on Thursday look at the wind arrows, a fresher direction
:27:26. > :27:29.from Attapatu landic. Humidy coming down. Splash of rain in northern
:27:30. > :27:33.England and Scotland. Most will have a dry afternoon with sunny spells.
:27:34. > :27:38.Stronger weather system into Northern Ireland with heavy rain,
:27:39. > :27:42.showers ahead of that. This weather system will sweep heavy rain from
:27:43. > :27:44.west to east across the UK as we go through Friday night and into
:27:45. > :27:48.Saturday morning. If you want to know more about what is happening
:27:49. > :27:54.over the weekend you can go online, find a forecast for where you are or
:27:55. > :27:56.where you're going at BBC weather. That's it. Thank you very much,
:27:57. > :28:02.Nick. Just before we go, a look ahead
:28:03. > :28:05.to tonight's News at Ten which has a special report on the spiralling
:28:06. > :28:07.gun violence plaguing one The real tragedy of Chicago is just
:28:08. > :28:15.how common things like this are. And, more often than not,the victims
:28:16. > :28:17.are young, they're black and their cases
:28:18. > :28:26.are largely ignored. That special report
:28:27. > :28:28.on at 10.00pm tonight. From us here, on the BBC News
:28:29. > :28:31.at Six, it's goodbye from me. On BBC One we now join the BBC's
:28:32. > :28:36.news teams where you are.