:00:00. > :00:00.Proposals to allow all schools in England to apply
:00:00. > :00:12.The Prime Minister says along with new grammars, it'll boost
:00:13. > :00:17.I want to see children from ordinary working class families given
:00:18. > :00:20.the chancees their richer contemporaries take for granted.
:00:21. > :00:23.That means we need more great schools.
:00:24. > :00:26.But the plans will face stiff opposition, even from the head
:00:27. > :00:30.The challenge in what she is proposing will be to make sure
:00:31. > :00:33.that the children who are not selected for grammar schools
:00:34. > :00:35.also get a really high quality school experience.
:00:36. > :00:41.We'll be looking at how the plans might work,
:00:42. > :00:43.and whether they're likely to win sufficient support.
:00:44. > :00:47.I can see. It's 22 minutes past nine.
:00:48. > :00:49.The ground breaking surgery restoring sight where it
:00:50. > :00:56.North Korea's leader is called a "reckless maniac"
:00:57. > :01:01.for carrying out another nuclear test.
:01:02. > :01:07.More gold for Para GB, as records tumble in Rio.
:01:08. > :01:10.And the real-life drama of the people trapped thousands
:01:11. > :01:18.We'll look ahead to the Manchester derby, where old rivals,
:01:19. > :01:45.Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola, come face-to-face at Old Trafford.
:01:46. > :01:48.Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.
:01:49. > :01:51.All schools in England could apply to select pupils by ability.
:01:52. > :01:54.That's the proposal from Theresa May, part of her plans for a massive
:01:55. > :01:57.shake-up in education, with a new generation of selective
:01:58. > :02:02.She also said the new grammars would have to take children
:02:03. > :02:06.But her proposal will face strong opposition from many in the teaching
:02:07. > :02:26.All change in English schools. That's the plan. All schools free to
:02:27. > :02:30.seek to become grammars. The biggest, most controversial shake-up
:02:31. > :02:34.in decades. The grammar school educated Prime Minister is going
:02:35. > :02:38.further than any leader before. Politicians, many of whom benefited
:02:39. > :02:43.from the type of education they now seek to deny to others, have four
:02:44. > :02:47.years put their own dogma and ideology before the interest and
:02:48. > :02:51.concerns of ordinary people. We know grammar schools are popular with
:02:52. > :02:56.parents. We know they are good for pupils that attend them. So we have
:02:57. > :02:59.no one, not -- we help no one, not least those who can't afford a
:03:00. > :03:03.private education, by saying to those who want a selective education
:03:04. > :03:07.for their child that we will not let them have it. What about children
:03:08. > :03:11.from poorer homes who don't often get into grammar schools, and what
:03:12. > :03:16.about schools like this in a London comprehensive? She insisted no one
:03:17. > :03:22.would be left behind. Britain had not just voted out of the EU. People
:03:23. > :03:25.wanted a fairer deal. They want change and this government will
:03:26. > :03:29.deliver it. Everything we do will be driven not by the interests of the
:03:30. > :03:32.privileged few, not by those with the loudest voices, specialist
:03:33. > :03:36.interests, greatest wealth or accessed influence. This
:03:37. > :03:41.government's priorities are those of ordinary working-class people. She
:03:42. > :03:46.said that new grammars would preserve places for disadvantaged
:03:47. > :03:50.children, with new entrants at 14 and 16. She said independent schools
:03:51. > :03:53.must offer more in return for tax breaks. They would have to sponsor
:03:54. > :03:58.state schools, or provide help with teaching. Universities which want to
:03:59. > :04:04.raise fees would have to set up new schools, or sponsor underperforming
:04:05. > :04:07.ones. She also wants to relax prescriptions on -- restrictions on
:04:08. > :04:10.oversubscribed faith schools, which would no longer have to offer half
:04:11. > :04:14.the places to children from outside the faith. You say there should be
:04:15. > :04:18.more academically elite state grammar schools, meaning more talent
:04:19. > :04:22.drawn away from nonselective schools, and the losers, who do not
:04:23. > :04:26.get into those schools, are dim eyed those opportunities, with the
:04:27. > :04:32.greater sense of unfairness and injustice that causes. Fair points?
:04:33. > :04:35.It is not fair today when some people are unable to get into a good
:04:36. > :04:40.school because parents are unable to buy the house next to that school.
:04:41. > :04:44.There are too many children in our society who are not getting access
:04:45. > :04:49.to a good education. The plan went down badly at this comprehensive. We
:04:50. > :04:53.are going to see genuine mixed schools like this sufferer. This
:04:54. > :04:58.school does a great job by all children, most able, least able and
:04:59. > :05:02.middle ability children. By taking one group out of schools like this,
:05:03. > :05:06.schools like this will battle to survive. The head of the Prime
:05:07. > :05:17.Minister's old school, no longer a grammar, agrees. I hope she can make
:05:18. > :05:19.sure the diverse provision is also high-quality but selection is not
:05:20. > :05:21.the best way forward. Theresa May does not see politics, or big
:05:22. > :05:23.changes in policy as an ideological game with rival theories batted
:05:24. > :05:26.backwards and forwards. She is interested in what works, and
:05:27. > :05:31.creating a school system with more winners, without creating more
:05:32. > :05:36.losers, fits her idea of a fairer Britain after Brexit. Her critics do
:05:37. > :05:40.not believe it can be done. The competence of system is working. The
:05:41. > :05:43.Academy movement, the free School movement, greater autonomy for
:05:44. > :05:47.schools, better governance, is working and needs time to bed in. My
:05:48. > :05:52.fear is that this will throw a spanner in the works and slow the
:05:53. > :05:57.momentum down. The Prime Minister's old school has changed, a grammar no
:05:58. > :06:00.longer. But it's most illustrious old pupil came away with a clear
:06:01. > :06:02.conviction that what worked for her can work for anyone, and she is
:06:03. > :06:04.sticking to it. The proposals announced
:06:05. > :06:06.by Mrs May apply to England. In Northern Ireland,
:06:07. > :06:08.nearly half of all pupils go to grammar schools, but there
:06:09. > :06:11.are none in Scotland and Wales. Branwen Jeffreys reports now
:06:12. > :06:13.from two very different parts of greater Manchester -
:06:14. > :06:15.Tameside, which doesn't have grammar schools,
:06:16. > :06:28.and Trafford which does. Educating the girls of all tinge for
:06:29. > :06:34.100 years. One third of pupils in Trafford go to grammar schools now.
:06:35. > :06:38.Somehow, in this leafy area, can they be open to all? With the right
:06:39. > :06:42.circumstances all children can flourish. The head teacher tells me
:06:43. > :06:47.they have started a quota system, setting aside some places for poorer
:06:48. > :06:51.families. We cannot change where we are and would not want to. That does
:06:52. > :06:55.not mean we cannot work with schools in other parts of Manchester to make
:06:56. > :07:00.sure all of us provide the best possible education for our students.
:07:01. > :07:05.The lessons learned here are being shared. This school is part of a
:07:06. > :07:09.group which includes comprehensives. So grammar schools argue that they
:07:10. > :07:15.are already changing, that they are no longer just about improving the
:07:16. > :07:19.life chances of the privileged few. Schools like this are reaching out
:07:20. > :07:24.to others in deprived areas and working with them to raise standards
:07:25. > :07:31.across the education system. But look at grammar schools across
:07:32. > :07:34.England, and just 3% of pupils are entitled to free school meals. In
:07:35. > :07:39.nearby nonselective schools, it is 18%. And 13% of grammar school
:07:40. > :07:49.pupils come from independent schools. Here, most pupils also need
:07:50. > :07:54.to live nearby to get in. In streets of smart houses and clipped hedges.
:07:55. > :07:59.No surprise that for social mode in to, Trafford is at the top end. Grow
:08:00. > :08:03.up here and it is more likely you will go to university, get a
:08:04. > :08:08.well-paid job. Travel to the other side of Manchester, and it is a
:08:09. > :08:13.different story. Tameside is in the bottom 10% for social mode and it.
:08:14. > :08:20.That is not just down to education but jobs and health, too. You can
:08:21. > :08:25.eat any leftovers. Primary school is about letting your imagination fly.
:08:26. > :08:29.This primary School is in an area not rich, not poor. Kids go on to
:08:30. > :08:35.local high schools, one good, one struggling. Our motto was putting
:08:36. > :08:41.children first regardless of ability. The head here is uneasy
:08:42. > :08:44.about selection. We bring them in, nurture them, get to know the
:08:45. > :08:48.parents in the school. To me, that is what education is about, getting
:08:49. > :08:54.to know the family and treating the children as they are, regardless of
:08:55. > :08:58.ability. This is the kind of area where most parents go out to work,
:08:59. > :09:03.sometimes juggling two or three jobs to make ends meet. Just the kind of
:09:04. > :09:07.families that Theresa May wants to reach. So I asked some parents hear
:09:08. > :09:12.what they made off the suggestion of new grammar schools. If you are
:09:13. > :09:16.asking if I think kids should be around other kids on the same level
:09:17. > :09:22.as them, I think it's a benefit and will push them further forward. It
:09:23. > :09:25.does not fill me with confidence. Children from all backgrounds should
:09:26. > :09:30.be getting the same quality of education, regardless of ability.
:09:31. > :09:33.Will this be a new generation growing up with this election? Not
:09:34. > :09:36.everywhere, and not for everyone, and only if the government can push
:09:37. > :09:49.through the legal changes needed. John Pienaar is at Westminster. This
:09:50. > :09:53.is Theresa May's first big domestic policy announcement, proposing a
:09:54. > :09:58.massive shake-up in education but she is likely to face opposition.
:09:59. > :10:02.You can bet there is trouble ahead. Theresa May was welcomed by much of
:10:03. > :10:06.the public as a reassuring presence in a time of political turbulence.
:10:07. > :10:10.She owes much of her popularity to the perception of her as a force for
:10:11. > :10:16.stability amidst the uncertainty in the aftermath of the EU referendum
:10:17. > :10:20.campaign. She is a reformer, but she is no great ideologue. Today we see
:10:21. > :10:23.that she is not one to back away from big changes, radical changes,
:10:24. > :10:26.even if it means a fight, and these plans will mean a fight. The
:10:27. > :10:31.government has a very small majority in the House of Commons. There will
:10:32. > :10:35.be an argument among MPs, including on her own side. In the House of
:10:36. > :10:43.Lords, we might see peers trying to fight the plan to a standstill. You
:10:44. > :10:45.can bet Theresa May will be pressing on very hard. Standing here, there
:10:46. > :10:48.is no knowing how this will shake out and there is no reason to doubt
:10:49. > :10:51.that there is political trouble ahead.
:10:52. > :10:54.Surgeons in Oxford have used a robot to operate inside the eye,
:10:55. > :10:57.The milestone for robotic technology should mean that in future surgeons
:10:58. > :11:00.will be able to do more complex procedures than are
:11:01. > :11:09.Fergus Walsh has this exclusive report.
:11:10. > :11:17.Deterioration of sight in my right eye is progressive. Bill Beaver is
:11:18. > :11:22.going blind in one eye. If, for example, I take a book, and I cover
:11:23. > :11:28.my left eye, which is still good, all I see is Marsh. His central
:11:29. > :11:37.vision is completely gone. But that is about to change. At Oxford's John
:11:38. > :11:41.Radcliffe Hospital. In theatre, the surgeon uses a joystick to move to
:11:42. > :11:48.the robot arm, which has a thin needle attached. Robot assisted
:11:49. > :11:53.surgery is now commonplace, especially in cancer operations. But
:11:54. > :12:01.this will be a world first. Never before has a robot been used to
:12:02. > :12:05.operate inside the eye. This is delicate surgery, involving tiny,
:12:06. > :12:11.precise movements to remove a membrane which is causing sight
:12:12. > :12:18.loss. Crucially, the robot can filter out the surgeon's hand
:12:19. > :12:22.tremors. The robot has to pivot around a tiny hole in the wall of
:12:23. > :12:27.the eye. Inside, it removes a membrane just 100th of a millimetre
:12:28. > :12:33.thick, shown in blue, which is covering the retina. That allows the
:12:34. > :12:40.hole in the retina to close. If you could hold the watch up. A few days
:12:41. > :12:47.later, the results are clear. I can see. It is 22 minutes past nine.
:12:48. > :12:53.Before long, his distance vision will return to normal. It is almost
:12:54. > :12:56.the world of fairy tales but it is true. It is the difference between
:12:57. > :13:02.being active and doing the things I need to do and enjoying art and
:13:03. > :13:07.enjoying life. The surgeon says that the robot was more accurate than the
:13:08. > :13:11.human hand. We are going into a new era of eye surgery where we will be
:13:12. > :13:14.placing things at the back of the eye, under the retina, very much
:13:15. > :13:18.more accurately and with greater precision than at the moment. We can
:13:19. > :13:21.certainly improve on current operations but I hope we can do new
:13:22. > :13:28.operations that currently we cannot do with a human hand, we can now do
:13:29. > :13:32.with a robot. Retinal disease is the main cause of blindness in the
:13:33. > :13:34.developing world. -- the developed world. Robots should allow many more
:13:35. > :13:37.patients to have their site saved. Three former Tesco senior executives
:13:38. > :13:39.have been charged with fraud It follows an investigation
:13:40. > :13:42.by the Serious Fraud Office after a black hole of over
:13:43. > :13:45.?300 million was found in the supermarket's
:13:46. > :13:47.accounts two years ago. Emma Simpson joins us
:13:48. > :13:52.from outside a Tesco store. This was hugely embarrassing
:13:53. > :14:05.for Tesco at the time. That's right. It has been nearly two
:14:06. > :14:11.years since Tesco was plunged into turmoil because an accounting
:14:12. > :14:16.scandal stunned the city and sparked a host of investigations. It centred
:14:17. > :14:21.on how it had incorrectly recorded income from suppliers which resulted
:14:22. > :14:28.in its profits being inflated. Today, the SFO charged three men,
:14:29. > :14:31.the former finance director for Tesco UK, Tesco's former UK
:14:32. > :14:38.commercial director and the most senior man, Chris Bush, Tesco's
:14:39. > :14:43.former UK boss. All are accused of fraud by abuse of position, and a
:14:44. > :14:48.charge of false accounting. This afternoon, Chris Bush said through
:14:49. > :14:53.his lawyer that he was not guilty and would be vigorously contesting
:14:54. > :14:58.the allegations. As for Tesco, it said it would continue to cooperate
:14:59. > :15:03.with the SFO, and it had made extensive changes over the last
:15:04. > :15:06.two-year is. In other words, this business is a very different one
:15:07. > :15:13.compared to its darkest days in 2014. But the SFO investigations are
:15:14. > :15:15.ongoing and it is possible down the line that Tesco itself could be hit
:15:16. > :15:20.with a multi-million pound fine. World leaders have reacted
:15:21. > :15:22.with anger to North Korea's latest nuclear test,
:15:23. > :15:26.believed to be it's South Korea has accused
:15:27. > :15:31.North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un, Even China, long an ally
:15:32. > :15:36.of the isolated communist nation, Stephen Evans reports from
:15:37. > :15:41.the South Korean capital, Seoul. The North Korean newsreader says
:15:42. > :15:46.the nuclear test will protect In South Korea, they
:15:47. > :15:52.monitor the tremors. Each test has been bigger
:15:53. > :15:56.than the one before. The device detonated this time
:15:57. > :15:59.is just short of the power From Japan today, planes took off
:16:00. > :16:09.to gather air samples to try to determine what kind
:16:10. > :16:13.of device was exploded. We are very much concerned
:16:14. > :16:21.and the resolutions of the Security Council must be
:16:22. > :16:23.implemented and they will send this The underground blast happened
:16:24. > :16:27.at this site in North Korea, only nine months after
:16:28. > :16:31.the last nuclear test. Kim Jong Un is in a rush
:16:32. > :16:39.to fulfil his nuclear ambition. Yesterday in Pyongyang,
:16:40. > :16:45.the regime's leaders clapped in unison as the country
:16:46. > :16:49.celebrated the anniversary For them, the bomb is
:16:50. > :16:55.the icing on the cake. Here tonight in Seoul
:16:56. > :16:59.in South Korea, life goes on. People assume Kim Jong Un's
:17:00. > :17:02.bloodthirsty threats to turn the place into a heap
:17:03. > :17:09.of ashes will not happen. Even though he's appeared alongside
:17:10. > :17:12.what he claimed was a nuclear warhead small enough
:17:13. > :17:16.to go on a rocket. North Korea is just 50 kilometres
:17:17. > :17:19.from here, 30 miles, The regime there is celebrating
:17:20. > :17:25.a great triumph tonight. But there is no sign of that regime
:17:26. > :17:34.being close to collapse. North Korea does not have
:17:35. > :17:37.nuclear-tipped missiles yet. But it's working steadily
:17:38. > :17:41.towards getting them. Theresa May says she wants to see
:17:42. > :17:54.more grammar schools in England and the chance for all schools
:17:55. > :17:57.to select by ability. Are the side effects of statins
:17:58. > :18:02.as bad as they're made out? Coming up in Sportsday
:18:03. > :18:07.on BBC News: tributes are paid to Sylvia Gore,
:18:08. > :18:10.the scorer of the first official goal for the England women's team,
:18:11. > :18:13.who's died aged 71. Gore was a pioneer of
:18:14. > :18:15.the women's game and had been It's been a victorious
:18:16. > :18:29.Day Two for Britain's At the velodrome,
:18:30. > :18:32.Para-cyclist Sophie Thornhill - and pilot Helen Scott -
:18:33. > :18:34.won gold in their women's The team also won their first
:18:35. > :18:51.athletics medals of the Games. Two riders, one common goal. At the
:18:52. > :18:56.back of the tandem, Sophie Thornhill, who is visually impaired,
:18:57. > :19:00.piloted by Helen Scott, together the perfect peddling partnership. That
:19:01. > :19:03.made the them fastest so far in the time trial, but would anyone go
:19:04. > :19:07.faster? Well, when their last rivals failed
:19:08. > :19:12.to beat their time, they knew the gold was theirs. Through tears of
:19:13. > :19:16.joy, another moment for the British team to savour. There was also
:19:17. > :19:20.success in the athletics, long jumper Stef Reid matching the silver
:19:21. > :19:26.medal she won in London four years ago. There was also controversy,
:19:27. > :19:30.though, visually impairedp spribter, Libby Clegg, setting a new World
:19:31. > :19:34.Record on her way to the final but she was later disqualified after it
:19:35. > :19:37.was ruled her guide runner had pulled her along during the race a
:19:38. > :19:41.decision which her team have appealed.
:19:42. > :19:44.But no doubting Britain's star of the show so far.
:19:45. > :19:46.The welcome committee out in force for Dame
:19:47. > :19:53.Sarah Storey after she charged her way to a record 12 Paralympic title.
:19:54. > :19:55.It was her first though watched by her daughter Louisa
:19:56. > :19:57.and Storey told me that made it particularly special.
:19:58. > :20:00.Having Louisa here is just the icing on the cake.
:20:01. > :20:02.It doesn't get much better than having your kids to
:20:03. > :20:05.watch you win and whether she remembers it or not, she is really
:20:06. > :20:14.There was never a thought that we could at home
:20:15. > :20:16.because she is included in everything we do.
:20:17. > :20:18.It's just fantastic to have her here.
:20:19. > :20:27.But for the hosts this is their hero.
:20:28. > :20:29.Daniel Diaz, Brazil's most successful Paralympian and, and
:20:30. > :20:31.roared on by his fans he proved precisely why.
:20:32. > :20:33.The 1st of a possible 9 gold medals Diaz here.
:20:34. > :20:35.A potentially extraordinary achievement from an extraordinary
:20:36. > :20:43.Well, just to give you the latest on that controversy with Libby Clegg.
:20:44. > :20:47.We have just learned her appeal has been successful. She's been
:20:48. > :20:49.reinstated and she will compete in the final tonight.
:20:50. > :20:54.Andy, thank you. A British-Iranian woman who has been
:20:55. > :20:56.detained in Iran for more than 150 days has now been
:20:57. > :20:59.jailed for five years, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe had been
:21:00. > :21:05.accused of plotting to topple the Iranian regime during a visit
:21:06. > :21:08.there in April to see her parents. Caroline Hawley is here with me,
:21:09. > :21:11.you've talked to the husband, Richard Ratcliffe,
:21:12. > :21:17.what more do you know? Well, he spoke to his wife on the
:21:18. > :21:21.phone this morning. She was allowed a call. She apparently described her
:21:22. > :21:25.time in jail as horrendous. She has been tried in a revolutionary court
:21:26. > :21:31.on unspecified national security charges. She's essentially accused
:21:32. > :21:36.of trying to engineer the soft overthrow fted Islamic republic. Now
:21:37. > :21:40.of the Islamic republic. Her job in the UK is to train journalists. She
:21:41. > :21:44.has done it in the Middle East but never Iran. She was actually, as you
:21:45. > :21:48.said, in Tehran on holiday with her young daughter who turned two while
:21:49. > :21:52.her mother was in captivity. Sentenced to five years and this all
:21:53. > :21:57.happened, apparently, the day after Iran and the UK upgraded diplomatic
:21:58. > :22:02.relations. I think the view of many Iranians is this is an atestimony by
:22:03. > :22:07.hardliners within the regime to embarrass the moderate President. --
:22:08. > :22:11.an attempt. Amnesty International has called the it travesty of
:22:12. > :22:13.justice. Tonight the Foreign Office is saying it is deeply concerned at
:22:14. > :22:16.the sentence. Thank you.
:22:17. > :22:19.A review of statins - the drugs used by around ?6 million
:22:20. > :22:24.people in the UK to reduce cholesterol levels - has found
:22:25. > :22:26.they are much more beneficial and far less harmful
:22:27. > :22:29.The report, in the Lancet medical journal,
:22:30. > :22:31.says the drugs can cut the risk of strokes and heart
:22:32. > :22:33.attacks in both high and low-risk patients.
:22:34. > :22:35.Our Health Correspondent Sophie Hutchinson reports.
:22:36. > :22:37.Statins, recommended as a major preventative medicine
:22:38. > :22:41.against the UK's biggest killer, heart attacks and strokes.
:22:42. > :22:46.There has been controversy about whether they are overused
:22:47. > :22:50.but a new review says they are not used enough.
:22:51. > :22:53.Gerald Bond's mother and grandmother both died in their 50s
:22:54. > :22:57.Now, aged 41, he takes statins and believes
:22:58. > :23:04.Before I took the statin I was at high risk.
:23:05. > :23:06.They said to me - there is possibility of having
:23:07. > :23:09.a heart attack within the next ten years.
:23:10. > :23:13.I have reduced my cholesterol and now my risk is lower
:23:14. > :23:16.than the general population and I've got a life expectancy
:23:17. > :23:21.of the mid-80s, so it's added potentially 20 years it my life.
:23:22. > :23:23.Researchers who carried out the review of statins examined
:23:24. > :23:32.They've concluded that taking them over five years protected 10%
:23:33. > :23:35.of people at high risk of heart attacks and strokes and 5% of people
:23:36. > :23:38.at risk because of their age, blood pressure or diabetes
:23:39. > :23:40.and they found side effects were low, with no more
:23:41. > :23:42.than 1% of people suffering from muscle pain.
:23:43. > :23:45.If you have a heart attack or stroke it can be fatal.
:23:46. > :23:49.The damage can be irreversible, whereas the side effects, the muscle
:23:50. > :23:52.problem that rarely occurs, if you stop the drug,
:23:53. > :23:58.Statins are among the most commonly-prescribed drugs in the UK.
:23:59. > :24:02.It's estimated that around 6 million people take them.
:24:03. > :24:05.But the authors of today's report say an extra 2 million people should
:24:06. > :24:13.And guidelines suggest it could be many millions more.
:24:14. > :24:16.But there's concern from a minority group of critics that healthy people
:24:17. > :24:19.are being encouraged to take pills unnecessarily.
:24:20. > :24:22.My biggest concern as a doctor is I'm having to make
:24:23. > :24:25.decisions for patients, based upon information that's
:24:26. > :24:29.mainly industry-sponsored and clearly biassed.
:24:30. > :24:33.What we need now is an independent review of all the data and access
:24:34. > :24:35.to the raw data that is being held as commercially confidential
:24:36. > :24:38.and this, in my view, is not acceptable, as a clinician,
:24:39. > :24:40.trying to make decisions for my patients.
:24:41. > :24:42.Many family doctors have struggled to convince patients
:24:43. > :24:47.The Royal College of GPs is among a number of major organisations that
:24:48. > :24:54.agree the drugs are the best way to protect patients.
:24:55. > :25:00.Dangling thousands of feet up above the Alps in a broken cable
:25:01. > :25:09.That's how dozens of tourists spent last night above Mont Blanc.
:25:10. > :25:16.Suspended 12,000 feet above the highest mountain
:25:17. > :25:18.in the Alps, over 100 tourists, including a ten-year-old child,
:25:19. > :25:25.The cars had become stuck after their cables became tangled.
:25:26. > :25:33.You can just see rescuers suspended from helicopters.
:25:34. > :25:36.One of those involved said it was like "performing surgery
:25:37. > :25:41.By night fall, 80 people had been rescued, some by helicopter,
:25:42. > :25:43.others in cabins a little nearer the ground were
:25:44. > :25:49.TRANSLATION: While the day was sunny and not foggy, they
:25:50. > :25:55.They couldn't use helicopters any more.
:25:56. > :25:58.And they lowered people on to the glacier on the places
:25:59. > :26:02.When dark arrived, they decided to stop the rescue operation
:26:03. > :26:08.But 33 people had to be left dangling overnight,
:26:09. > :26:15.In the morning, the helicopters came back, but there was still no
:26:16. > :26:19.clear idea about how to get the people down.
:26:20. > :26:22.Their ordeal finally ended when engineers managed to free
:26:23. > :26:30.the tangled cables and get the cars going again.
:26:31. > :26:34.I can't imagine what that night must have been like.
:26:35. > :26:41.Right, let's look at the weekend weather. Sarah Keith-Lucas is here.
:26:42. > :26:46.How is it looking? Autumnal over the next 24 hours. Not
:26:47. > :26:51.all doom and gloom. Some sunshine for most one day of the weekend but
:26:52. > :26:54.also heavy rain. Here was Fife earlier on this afternoon. We had
:26:55. > :26:59.cloud building and the rain sweeping in. We have had a lot of rain around
:27:00. > :27:02.across much of Scotland, Northern Ireland and north-west England, too.
:27:03. > :27:07.Here is the recent radar picture. A lot of lying surface water on the
:27:08. > :27:10.roads, if you have got travel plans in the north-west this evening. The
:27:11. > :27:14.winds a real feature, gusting 50 or 60 miles per hour over the next few
:27:15. > :27:17.hours. Those strong winds ease as this weather front pushes further
:27:18. > :27:21.southwards and eastwards overnight. Through the early hours of Saturday,
:27:22. > :27:24.we will see rain across parts of central and southern England,
:27:25. > :27:27.eastern Wales, up towards Lincolnshire, mild under the rain,
:27:28. > :27:31.fresher but also drier towards the north-west. So, a mixed picture
:27:32. > :27:34.through the day tomorrow. We'll keep this weather front moving gradually
:27:35. > :27:39.further southwards and eastwards. Cloud across the south-east corner.
:27:40. > :27:42.Outbreaks of rain on and off and fairly breezy. Away from
:27:43. > :27:47.south-eastern and southern parts of England things looking drier and
:27:48. > :27:52.brighter with sunshine, one or two showers in the north-west and
:27:53. > :27:55.temperatures around 16-to-21. On Saturday evening, many of us, late
:27:56. > :27:59.brightness and dry weather but we will hold on it the drizzly rain in
:28:00. > :28:02.the far south-east. Heading into Sunday, low pressure
:28:03. > :28:06.from the Atlantic but before it gets there, a ridge of high pressure it
:28:07. > :28:09.start the day on Sunday. A fresh start with some mist and fog patches
:28:10. > :28:13.around, too. They should clear away fairly quickly and in the a bad day
:28:14. > :28:17.across much of the country. England and Wales and eastern Scotland keep
:28:18. > :28:20.the sunshine but across western Scotland and Northern Ireland, too,
:28:21. > :28:25.things will turn increasingly wet and windy once again later on, on
:28:26. > :28:29.Sunday. A mixed picture but bear with the weather. Some sunshine on
:28:30. > :28:31.at least one day. Thank you very much.
:28:32. > :28:37.A reminder of the main story. Theresa May says all schools in
:28:38. > :28:38.England should have the chance to select via ability and there should
:28:39. > :28:41.be more grammar schools. That's all from the BBC News at Six
:28:42. > :28:43.so it's goodbye from me