:00:00. > :00:00.Evidence tonight of a shocking rise in the number of people unable
:00:07. > :00:13.to leave hospitals in England, because of a crisis in social care.
:00:14. > :00:15.There's been an 80% rise in two years, in those
:00:16. > :00:18.spending longer in hospital, because of delays in getting people
:00:19. > :00:25.Down in our emergency department there are patients that have been
:00:26. > :00:27.medically seen and need to be admitted but can't be admitted
:00:28. > :00:31.because there is no bed for them to go to yet.
:00:32. > :00:34.The cost to the NHS of older people needlessly staying in hospital,
:00:35. > :00:42.After assurances from foreign backers, Theresa May gives
:00:43. > :00:45.light for a new nuclear power plant, at Hinkley Point in Somerset.
:00:46. > :00:47.It will provide 7% of the UK's electricity needs, giving secure
:00:48. > :00:57.energy to six million homes for 60 years.
:00:58. > :00:58.The sports student left brain damaged and paralysed,
:00:59. > :01:06.It's a brighter than expected outlook for the economy.
:01:07. > :01:08.The Bank of England says short term Brexit fears
:01:09. > :01:17.And Britain's Paralympians pass the 100 medal mark, at Rio.
:01:18. > :01:22.Andy Murray will face Juan Martin Del Porto in the first match of
:01:23. > :01:47.tomorrow's Davis Cup tie, in what's a repeat of the Olympic final.
:01:48. > :01:50.Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.
:01:51. > :01:52.We have more evidence tonight of the chronic problems affecting
:01:53. > :01:58.There's been a shocking rise in the number of people
:01:59. > :02:07.waiting to leave hospitals, because the support they need
:02:08. > :02:09.at home isn't available. NHS England says in July,more
:02:10. > :02:11.than 61,000 extra days were spent in hospital,
:02:12. > :02:14.because of delays in providing social care - that's
:02:15. > :02:18.And the burden on the NHS in England is enormous.
:02:19. > :02:22.It's estimated it spends ?820 million a year on older
:02:23. > :02:24.patients, who don't need to be in hospital.
:02:25. > :02:26.A report by health experts today says its evidence of
:02:27. > :02:31.Our social affairs correspondent Alison Holt has spent a day
:02:32. > :02:34.at the Royal Liverpool Hospital and has this special report.
:02:35. > :02:41.Just a warning, it contains flashing images.
:02:42. > :02:44.It's 9.00 in the morning and the Royal Liverpool Hospital
:02:45. > :02:47.In Accident Emergency, patients needing immediate treatment
:02:48. > :02:54.At the minute, the A department is full.
:02:55. > :02:57.Each of these red dots represents someone who has been waiting
:02:58. > :02:59.for more than four hours, breaching Government targets.
:03:00. > :03:06.One patient has been here 18 hours, ready to be moved to a ward.
:03:07. > :03:15.You must be really frustrated with that.
:03:16. > :03:21.Rather full downstairs, with over a ward of patients,
:03:22. > :03:25.we need to get them moved as soon as possible.
:03:26. > :03:28.Upstairs, senior staff are trying to free up beds for the new patients
:03:29. > :03:30.needing operations or emergency treatment.
:03:31. > :03:35.There is no trolley space in resus, we have two patients waiting
:03:36. > :03:44.Have we got any patients identified that can move?
:03:45. > :03:47.Yes, there is three or four in there that could move out.
:03:48. > :03:50.We have no urgency in the departments to move them out to.
:03:51. > :03:53.They have more than one hundred patients who are ready to leave
:03:54. > :03:55.hospital but can't because of delays in getting home care, residential
:03:56. > :04:00.Surgery can't start this morning until we have identified a bed
:04:01. > :04:02.for someone to return to after theatre.
:04:03. > :04:08.86-year-old Derek Chinn is one of the patients who will go
:04:09. > :04:14.He has been on the specialist stroke ward while waiting for extra home
:04:15. > :04:19.This was the only bed available to doctors, even though he had
:04:20. > :04:25.Essentially, it is a very expensive residential home bed.
:04:26. > :04:27.He isn't the problem, it is the system preventing us
:04:28. > :04:29.from discharging people appropriately, which means the acute
:04:30. > :04:32.patients who have a need for the beds are being delayed
:04:33. > :04:38.On another ward, Camille has been waiting 72 days to leave
:04:39. > :04:40.the hospital, but the council is struggling to find a care
:04:41. > :04:45.provider that can support her at home, four times a day.
:04:46. > :04:53.They should do more to get people back into the community.
:04:54. > :04:59.You don't really want to be here, do you?
:05:00. > :05:07.An increasing number of hospitals in England face these pressures.
:05:08. > :05:11.More and more cuts are expected from us.
:05:12. > :05:14.In Liverpool, the man who runs the council's social care says
:05:15. > :05:18.they are struggling with budget cuts and staff shortages.
:05:19. > :05:20.We are seeing more people with high demands for health
:05:21. > :05:23.People are living longer, which is great.
:05:24. > :05:25.We celebrate it, but we don't have the services out
:05:26. > :05:33.This sounds like a system at breaking point.
:05:34. > :05:35.It is, and that is what keeps me awake at night.
:05:36. > :05:39.The Government says it is making significantly more money
:05:40. > :05:42.available to social care, to ensure affordable,
:05:43. > :05:52.It is 5.00, and back in A at the Royal, there is no let up
:05:53. > :05:56.At this point, they don't want us filming inside.
:05:57. > :05:59.For a short period of time, they had to divert ambulances
:06:00. > :06:03.They have nine people on trolleys in the corridor, and there
:06:04. > :06:06.are no resuscitation beds available at the moment.
:06:07. > :06:08.Upstairs, at the latest operations meeting,
:06:09. > :06:14.The emergency department is now on the highest
:06:15. > :06:23.It means as they head into the evening, they will begin
:06:24. > :06:26.the search for people who can sent home safely all over again.
:06:27. > :06:39.You can find out the cost of care in your area
:06:40. > :06:42.by using the BBC's online guide. Enter your postcode, local council
:06:43. > :06:44.name or Northern Ireland health board, and discover the cost
:06:45. > :06:46.of an hour of homecare, and information about residential
:06:47. > :06:59.Theresa May has given the green light for Britain's first
:07:00. > :07:06.At a cost of ?18 billion, the reactor, Hinkley Point C
:07:07. > :07:09.in Somerset, will be built by the French company
:07:10. > :07:11.EDF, with significant investment from China.
:07:12. > :07:14.The Government was expected to finalise the deal two months ago,
:07:15. > :07:16.but wanted assurances on financing and security.
:07:17. > :07:18.Supporters say the plant is vital to reducing Britain's reliance
:07:19. > :07:21.on fossil fuels, but critics argue the deal is a bad one for consumers.
:07:22. > :07:29.Here's our political editor Laura Kuenssberg.
:07:30. > :07:38.DF. In EDF. With were they really going to stop the engines? Drive the
:07:39. > :07:45.diggers Jay? And give up on years of preparation, chuck away millions
:07:46. > :07:48.already spent? Statement the Secretary of State for business,
:07:49. > :07:54.energy and industrial strategy. Ministers did pause, but are now
:07:55. > :08:01.pressing go. Hinkley unleashes a long overdue new wave of investment
:08:02. > :08:03.in nuclear engineering in the UK, creating 26,000 job, and
:08:04. > :08:09.apprenticeships, providing a huge boost to the economy. Under the ?18
:08:10. > :08:15.billion deal the new react for should be running by 2025. The
:08:16. > :08:20.Chinese plan to build another new nuclear plant at Bradwell in Essex.
:08:21. > :08:24.The Government will take a special share in that and any future project
:08:25. > :08:28.that's will give them control over important infrastructure being
:08:29. > :08:32.bought or sold. The deal was first signed last year,
:08:33. > :08:37.amid a welcome for the Chinese leader, that could hardly have been
:08:38. > :08:41.more lavish. There were nerves round Westminster about the huge cost,
:08:42. > :08:49.security and the environment, but Chinese involvement in new nuclear
:08:50. > :08:54.projects was applauded at the top. But with a change of the boss, a
:08:55. > :08:59.change of heart, and to Chinese fury one of Theresa May's first acts was
:09:00. > :09:06.to delay the decision to pore of the details again. I have commented on
:09:07. > :09:09.it. Brave or fool harry? Mr Speaker the Government created a commercial
:09:10. > :09:13.crisis, they sent shock waves through the industry and unions
:09:14. > :09:17.alike, they risked a diplomatic dispute with one of our key future
:09:18. > :09:21.trading partners and in the end all they have done is pretend to give
:09:22. > :09:27.themselves powers, which they already possessed. Ministers say
:09:28. > :09:32.they will be an important new framework to check up on all big
:09:33. > :09:36.projects, the hope Hinkley will help keep the lightses on. The risk is I
:09:37. > :09:40.don't know November shall and ex pension. -- controversial. What was
:09:41. > :09:46.the delay about? When Theresa May moved into Number Ten, the National
:09:47. > :09:49.Security Council had already reviewed the deal, the terms had
:09:50. > :09:53.already been agreed. Those close that the stage tell me there is no
:09:54. > :09:59.fundamental difference between now and then, but imagine she had gone
:10:00. > :10:03.ahead straightaway? The brand-new Prime Minister would have been
:10:04. > :10:08.waving through one of the most controversial deals in history,
:10:09. > :10:13.barely a fortnight into the job. There is is no difference, and one
:10:14. > :10:17.has to wonder that Britain's paid a very high diplomatic price and a
:10:18. > :10:21.price in terms of high cost of investment, was it worth it? Now
:10:22. > :10:26.there is official go ahead the next stage on the ground can start. But
:10:27. > :10:30.no project like this has been completed before. All the fuss, all
:10:31. > :10:33.the political hopes for Hinkley could yet turn to dust.
:10:34. > :10:37.So is the deal for Hinkley C good for the economy and good
:10:38. > :10:43.Our business editor Simon Jack has been finding out.
:10:44. > :10:49.Off the drawing board and into reality. Today was heralded as the
:10:50. > :10:54.renaissance of UK nuclear, but in truth it has been a protracted and
:10:55. > :10:59.difficult rebirth but one to be celebrated according to its proud
:11:00. > :11:03.French parent. It's great news for the customer, it is a big boost for
:11:04. > :11:08.the UK industry, it is a great step in the fight against climate change.
:11:09. > :11:11.It is not just good news for the French builders and their Chinese
:11:12. > :11:15.partners, the benefits of this project will be felt in the economy
:11:16. > :11:22.locally, and nationally. We are really pleased that the jobs which
:11:23. > :11:25.were promised over 25,000 over its lifetime, 500 new apprentices and
:11:26. > :11:30.plenty of jobs within the supply chain. The Government clearly feels
:11:31. > :11:34.the political and economic case has been made, but does that make it a
:11:35. > :11:40.good idea? Is it value for money? Now if it is delivered on budget, it
:11:41. > :11:43.will cost that figure of ?18 billion, making it the most
:11:44. > :11:47.expensive power plant if history. The good news is that EDF and their
:11:48. > :11:55.Chinese partners have paying that cost up front, but only because the
:11:56. > :12:00.Government has agreed to guarantee them a price of ?92.50 per unit.
:12:01. > :12:06.That compares to the current price of ?43. Now depending on the
:12:07. > :12:12.electricity price, that equates to a subsidy of between 10 and ?20 per
:12:13. > :12:15.household per year added to energy bill, when complete, it will
:12:16. > :12:21.contribute 7% of the UK's total electricity needs. But that is not
:12:22. > :12:26.enough to convince the project's critics. What we need to be doing
:12:27. > :12:29.now is investing in the renewables, in wind, which is available
:12:30. > :12:34.offshore, wind, cheaper than Hinkley will be. We need to invest in solar
:12:35. > :12:38.so people can have this on the roofs of their house, put that together
:12:39. > :12:43.with batteries and they could be getting revenues as well as bills.
:12:44. > :12:49.But when the wind doesn't blow and the sun doesn't shine you can have a
:12:50. > :12:53.problem which leads to shortfalls like yesterday when prices rocketed
:12:54. > :12:57.to twice the cost of electricity. The price spike has drawn attention
:12:58. > :13:02.to how narrow our supply margin is at the moment. And that is the
:13:03. > :13:06.reason behind the Government's thinking for the capacity market,
:13:07. > :13:11.and also subsidising Hinkley. If you thought hengely was
:13:12. > :13:15.controversial, wait for Bradwell, where the Chinese have been promised
:13:16. > :13:17.they can design, build and operate their own react for on British soil.
:13:18. > :13:21.The Bank of England says the short-term economic impact
:13:22. > :13:23.of Brexit isn't as bad as first feared.
:13:24. > :13:26.It's predicting growth for the third quarter of this year will be
:13:27. > :13:31.Our economics editor Kamal Ahmed is in the City for us this evening.
:13:32. > :13:38.Significant of course this is coming from the Bank of England?
:13:39. > :13:43.Absolutely, I don't think the Bank of England thinks the UK economy is
:13:44. > :13:47.quite out of the woods yet but certainly since the referendum vote
:13:48. > :13:52.there has been this run of better than expected economic news on
:13:53. > :13:56.employment, on retail sale, on housing, and on consumer confidence.
:13:57. > :14:00.What does that mean for two very big decisions that are coming up? First,
:14:01. > :14:04.on interest rates, of course you will remember the Bank of England
:14:05. > :14:08.has already cut interest rates once since the referendum vote, and many
:14:09. > :14:12.people think that is the reason the economy is performing better than
:14:13. > :14:17.many expected. It suggested it was going to cut them possibly again, to
:14:18. > :14:21.an historic low, that is probably less likely now, although the bank
:14:22. > :14:25.has made it clear it is still cautious about 2017 and economic
:14:26. > :14:28.performance. Of course, we haven't left the European Union yet, and
:14:29. > :14:33.also there hasn't been that much information on how the economy is
:14:34. > :14:36.performing. Second big issue the Autumn Statement. In November, that
:14:37. > :14:39.is Philip Hammond the new Chancellor's first chance to say
:14:40. > :14:43.what he wants to do about the economy on tax and spending. He said
:14:44. > :14:46.he would act if the economy is weak, the figures today will take some of
:14:47. > :14:54.that pressure off the Government. Thank you.
:14:55. > :14:55.Five police officers face possible criminal charges,
:14:56. > :14:59.while being restrained outside a nightclub in Bedford.
:15:00. > :15:02.Julian Cole suffered severe brain damage during an arrest in 2013.
:15:03. > :15:12.Our home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw reports.
:15:13. > :15:18.She comes here every day to be with her son.
:15:19. > :15:20.Julian Cole is in a residential nursing home
:15:21. > :15:22.and needs round-the-clock care for the rest of his life.
:15:23. > :15:24.The 23-year-old is severely brain damaged and paralysed,
:15:25. > :15:26.barely aware of what's going on around him.
:15:27. > :15:35.But the devotion of his mum, Claudia, is clear to see.
:15:36. > :15:42.Some people with the same injury, they never survive.
:15:43. > :15:51.A talented athlete and football fan, Julian was studying for a degree
:15:52. > :15:54.in sports science and had ambitions to be a coach or PE teacher.
:15:55. > :15:59.But that all changed after a night out in Bedford in May 2013.
:16:00. > :16:02.Julian was arrested and restrained outside a club
:16:03. > :16:05.during an incident involving bouncers and police.
:16:06. > :16:08.He broke his neck, suffering a severe injury to his spinal chord.
:16:09. > :16:11.But instead of being taken straight to hospital, the young student was
:16:12. > :16:15.put in a police van and brought here to a police station in Bedford.
:16:16. > :16:17.It was then that an ambulance was called.
:16:18. > :16:20.Since that night, the actions of the five officers involved
:16:21. > :16:27.They're all facing the possibility of criminal charges.
:16:28. > :16:30.Disciplinary proceedings could also be brought for alleged gross
:16:31. > :16:39.misconduct over how they carried out their duties and responsibilities.
:16:40. > :16:43.And now, for Julian Cole's family, there's the prospect of finding out
:16:44. > :16:50.what happened on the night he was so badly injured.
:16:51. > :16:55.No matter whatever they did to him, it won't bring him back.
:16:56. > :17:09.It's thought prosecutors will take some months
:17:10. > :17:13.In the meantime, Claudia will carry on caring for her son,
:17:14. > :17:28.Evidence of a shocking rise in the number of people unable to leave
:17:29. > :17:32.hospitals in England because of a crisis in social care. And away from
:17:33. > :17:35.the Paralympics life for the disabled children of Rio.
:17:36. > :17:39.Manchester United's Europa League campaign is already
:17:40. > :17:40.underway against Feyenoord in the Netherlands,
:17:41. > :17:41.with Southampton the other British representative.
:17:42. > :17:57.One of the world's leading education experts, has criticised
:17:58. > :18:00.the government's new plans for grammar schools in England.
:18:01. > :18:02.Andreas Schleicher of the Organisation of Economic
:18:03. > :18:04.Co-operation and Development, says their importance is dramatically
:18:05. > :18:06.overplayed, and academic selection could encourage 'social selection'.
:18:07. > :18:16.Here's our education editor Branwen Jeffreys.
:18:17. > :18:18.Put yourself a little side heading, plural verbs.
:18:19. > :18:22.Learning Latin, part of a traditional academic education.
:18:23. > :18:25.Girls in Rugby High School are ambitious.
:18:26. > :18:27.But England's school system lags behind other countries.
:18:28. > :18:30.Today, from the man behind the league tables, some warnings.
:18:31. > :18:32.More grammar schools might not help the poorest.
:18:33. > :18:33.More selection won't help our best students
:18:34. > :18:46.We cannot detect any advantage from a more selective system.
:18:47. > :18:48.In raising average performance or in raising excellence.
:18:49. > :18:50.You can look at highly selective systems in Europe.
:18:51. > :18:55.At the top end of the distribution it cannot compete with east Asian
:18:56. > :19:04.systems which are comprehensive in their nature.
:19:05. > :19:06.Ministers say less wealthy pupils will be given priority.
:19:07. > :19:09.There might be more than one chance to get a grammar place.
:19:10. > :19:12.But some are asking where's the evidence it will raise standards?
:19:13. > :19:15.This is a debate about how much we can learn from other countries.
:19:16. > :19:16.It depends whether you believe grammar schools
:19:17. > :19:28.Or, whether you think we should be looking to the highest
:19:29. > :19:30.performing education systems in the world.
:19:31. > :19:36.China's largest city came top in the last education league tables.
:19:37. > :19:42.Pupils in Shanghai were best at reading and maths.
:19:43. > :19:45.How they teach maths here is about to be copied
:19:46. > :19:49.But in Rugby, the grammar school wants to work with other schools.
:19:50. > :19:59.The head isn't convinced looking abroad is the answer.
:20:00. > :20:02.I think it's actually a dangerous thing to think you can just simply
:20:03. > :20:05.lift an idea, a technique, a way of being from one country
:20:06. > :20:18.One thing's for certain, the fight over grammar schools isn't over.
:20:19. > :20:25.The BBC is being asked to name all its presenters and staff
:20:26. > :20:29.It's part of the renewal of the corporation's Royal Charter,
:20:30. > :20:33.the document which sets out how it should be run.
:20:34. > :20:39.Our Home Editor Mark Easton is outside New Broadcasting House.
:20:40. > :20:49.This proposal is something the BBC has always fought against. Yes, this
:20:50. > :20:53.is really a development the BBC did not want. People love to know about
:20:54. > :20:59.celebrities and their money but Theresa May always had a reputation
:21:00. > :21:04.for demanding transparency in public life and on this occasion she said
:21:05. > :21:08.to the BBC, anyone on the staff, not just celebrities, who earns more
:21:09. > :21:14.than 150,000 should be named but the BBC said it is a bad idea that will
:21:15. > :21:17.push up costs and it might make it more likely that shows like the
:21:18. > :21:23.Great British Bake Off will be lost. The government said the new charter
:21:24. > :21:27.will protect a much loved institution, a new system of
:21:28. > :21:33.governance. The BBC trust is being abolished and replaced with a board,
:21:34. > :21:37.13 people, five members of which will be appointed by the government
:21:38. > :21:41.and so there are questions about independence and salaries but most
:21:42. > :21:45.in the industry would probably say the charter could be described as a
:21:46. > :21:46.BBC continuity announcement. Many thanks.
:21:47. > :21:51.has showcased the very best of disability sport.
:21:52. > :21:54.But away from the record-breaking performances,
:21:55. > :21:57.life in the city if you're disabled, can be very difficult.
:21:58. > :21:59.Our Disability Correspondent Nikki Fox has been to a specialist
:22:00. > :22:04.rehabilitation centre to see how children cope.
:22:05. > :22:09.It's an exciting day for these kids and their parents.
:22:10. > :22:11.They're putting on a show at the Donna Mecca Centre,
:22:12. > :22:15.a charity based only half an hour away from the Paralympic Park.
:22:16. > :22:19.This place provides essential and free treatment
:22:20. > :22:25.for nearly 200 children with a whole range of disabilities.
:22:26. > :22:30.Thanks to the physiotherapy provided here
:22:31. > :22:33.his posture's improved in just six months.
:22:34. > :22:36.But his mum is still worried about his future.
:22:37. > :22:40.What's it like for you and your son, who has a disability, living in Rio?
:22:41. > :22:48.It's not easy to find centres like this that will take care of my son.
:22:49. > :22:57.There's around 100 people waiting to get a place at this centre.
:22:58. > :23:03.Her son is blind and has cerebral palsy.
:23:04. > :23:09.What they really need is specialist support.
:23:10. > :23:13.TRANSLATION: It's very difficult for me because, at the moment,
:23:14. > :23:26.I look at other mums with babies like mine and see that some
:23:27. > :23:29.of the same age can lose more things but at least they can do something.
:23:30. > :23:34.I think he won't make it with just me at home trying to help him.
:23:35. > :23:36.Campaigners say Carla's problems are not unique.
:23:37. > :23:42.It's always a very big wait for getting care.
:23:43. > :23:46.If I had a child with a disability in Rio, I would cry.
:23:47. > :23:52.But also working towards integrating rehabilitation
:23:53. > :24:00.For now, these children are the lucky ones.
:24:01. > :24:02.They have somewhere to go where they get the support they need.
:24:03. > :24:19.In the games para GB has passed the 100 medal mark.
:24:20. > :24:21.Jeanette Chippington, Emma Wiggs and Anne Dickins.
:24:22. > :24:24.There were also bronze victories in the men's event,
:24:25. > :24:26.helping to secure Britain in second place on the medal table.
:24:27. > :24:29.With all of today's action, here's our Sports Correspondent Andy Swiss.
:24:30. > :24:35.Proof that the best things really do come to those who wait. 20 years ago
:24:36. > :24:41.Jeanette Chippington was winning Paralympic gold as a swimmer before
:24:42. > :24:45.she retired and became an instructor and now in her 40s her comeback as a
:24:46. > :24:49.canoeist produced a thrilling results.
:24:50. > :24:55.Afterwards she admitted she'd never set out to achieve anything like
:24:56. > :24:59.this. I said right from the start, I don't want to get into elite sport
:25:00. > :25:05.again. It takes over your whole life. Before I knew it, I was
:25:06. > :25:09.training twice a day every day. Four years later, a gold medal. For the
:25:10. > :25:18.British fans at the lake, it was the start of a magical hour. A win for
:25:19. > :25:25.ecstatic Emma Wiggs. Before Dickens. She was a volunteer at London 2012.
:25:26. > :25:28.From games maker to games winner. At equestrian dressage, the woman
:25:29. > :25:40.nicknamed the horse whisperer. Unable to use her legs to guide her
:25:41. > :25:51.mount, fat Asha uses her -- Natasha using her voice. It was a highly
:25:52. > :25:55.emotional win. Another successful day followed another glittering
:25:56. > :26:05.night. At one stage, Britain won ten medals in an hour, including two in
:26:06. > :26:10.one race. Aaron moors edging out Scot Quinn by 3 hunts of a second.
:26:11. > :26:14.Golds for Hannah husband he will. She won with a world record.
:26:15. > :26:20.Britain's winning and grinning ways are showing no signs of stopping.
:26:21. > :26:24.It's not been all good news for Britain today. Another
:26:25. > :26:29.disappointment for wheelchair racer David Weir. He could only finish
:26:30. > :26:32.sixth in the 800 m. Afterwards, he announced he will retire after the
:26:33. > :26:37.London Marathon next year. Thank you.
:26:38. > :26:47.Now the weather. Sunshine in Rio, but we can wave goodbye to our
:26:48. > :26:51.little heatwave. It will be a thing of the past in the next 24 hours.
:26:52. > :26:56.Thunderstorms are erupting. They will be a real issue. Some flash
:26:57. > :27:00.flooding as I speak across areas to the north-west of London. These
:27:01. > :27:05.storms are erupting elsewhere across England. Becoming more widespread
:27:06. > :27:09.over the next few hours through the Midlands, East Anglia. Northern
:27:10. > :27:14.England and Wales. It is all going on. There are warnings in force.
:27:15. > :27:20.There could well be flash flooding. Not everywhere. Check out local BBC
:27:21. > :27:26.Radio station. This is the picture. 8.00am. Don't take the flashes of
:27:27. > :27:32.lightning and blobs too literally in terms of postings. It shows the
:27:33. > :27:36.potential of early theior early morning commute. For eastern
:27:37. > :27:40.Scotland as well. Further west, you'll be wondering what all the
:27:41. > :27:44.fuss is about. Lovely across western Scotland. A few showers on the
:27:45. > :27:49.breeze. Not the beasts we'll see further east. Many dry and bright
:27:50. > :27:56.across the bulk of Wales and south-west England. An east/west
:27:57. > :28:00.split for sure. Only slow improvements across eastern areas.
:28:01. > :28:03.These thundery downpours continuing. Shifting a little further eastwards
:28:04. > :28:06.through the day. The best of the sunshine remains further west with a
:28:07. > :28:11.few showers. Today was the last day of the heat. We nudged into 30
:28:12. > :28:16.degree territory again across East Anglia and the south-east. Tomorrow
:28:17. > :28:19.could be 10-15 degrees cooler. You will notice the difference. A
:28:20. > :28:23.fresher feel continues into Saturday. Still some patchy rain
:28:24. > :28:26.across eastern counties of England. Disappointing here. Best of the
:28:27. > :28:33.brightness on Saturday will be out west. Clive.
:28:34. > :28:35.and on BBC One we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.