:00:00. > :00:10.Theresa May defends her pledge to cap energy prices,
:00:11. > :00:12.despite criticism from industry and opposition parties.
:00:13. > :00:16.The Conservatives say 17 million households will be up
:00:17. > :00:29.themselves on tariffs that are above that that they should be
:00:30. > :00:32.paying, and that is why we are taking action.
:00:33. > :00:35.The risk of a price cap like this, and where we've seen it before,
:00:36. > :00:37.is that it damages confidence and it damages switching
:00:38. > :00:43.We'll be asking if the Tory energy cap is any different to Labour's
:00:44. > :00:51.Jeremy Corbyn says Brexit is settled, but when questioned
:00:52. > :00:54.repeatedly, he refused to confirm Britain would definitely
:00:55. > :01:00.If you're Prime Minister we will leave whatever happens?
:01:01. > :01:04.I don't know any more than you do exactly what is going to happen
:01:05. > :01:07.in the future on this, but I do know we are not approaching
:01:08. > :01:28.An 11-year-old girl died after an accident
:01:29. > :01:33.The British man suspected of carrying out beheadings in Syria -
:01:34. > :01:34.he's convicted of being a member of IS.
:01:35. > :01:36.Alexander Blackman gives his first TV interview -
:01:37. > :01:39.the former marine was jailed for killing a wounded Taliban fighter.
:01:40. > :01:42.A moment of madness, I think, is the best description I can give.
:01:43. > :01:46.Not exactly the proudest moment of my life.
:01:47. > :01:49.She's called the Queen of Latin - now Shirley Ballas is
:01:50. > :01:54.Maria Sharapova is to be offered another wildcard
:01:55. > :01:57.as she continues her comeback from a doping ban, this time
:01:58. > :02:18.by the LTA to next month's event in Birmingham.
:02:19. > :02:22.Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.
:02:23. > :02:25.The Prime Minister has said that under a Conservative government
:02:26. > :02:29.there would be a cap on energy prices.
:02:30. > :02:32.The election pledge has run into a barrage of criticism
:02:33. > :02:36.from opposition parties and industry officials alike.
:02:37. > :02:39.Theresa May said 17 million households would benefit
:02:40. > :02:41.from the cap but Labour have accused her of copying their own
:02:42. > :02:46.at the time, the Tories described it as Marxist.
:02:47. > :02:52.Election pledges don't get closer to home, today's big offer -
:02:53. > :03:00.a promise from Theresa May to cap your fuel bills,
:03:01. > :03:02.the standard tariff paid by millions if they're judged too high.
:03:03. > :03:10.But this Tory campaign is about her, her team, her way.
:03:11. > :03:15.Policies like capping energy prices to support working families.
:03:16. > :03:18.Some Tories, some ministers had doubted this meddling in the market,
:03:19. > :03:22.but she's the boss and one report had said the big six energy firms
:03:23. > :03:27.charged ?1.4 billion over the odds in a year.
:03:28. > :03:30.I think in those circumstances it is right, as does everybody
:03:31. > :03:32.sitting around the Cabinet table, for Government to take action
:03:33. > :03:36.And later, to factory workers in Leeds, she admitted
:03:37. > :03:40.she was running against classic Tory thinking.
:03:41. > :03:43.Sometimes people say to me that doing something like that doesn't
:03:44. > :03:47.sound very Conservative but actually my response to that is,
:03:48. > :03:50.when it comes to looking at supporting working people,
:03:51. > :03:52.what matters is not an ideology, what matters is doing
:03:53. > :04:01.If we win that election, in 2015, the next Labour Government
:04:02. > :04:05.will freeze gas and electricity prices until the start of 2017.
:04:06. > :04:11.Ed Miliband promised a price freeze and Labour was also
:04:12. > :04:19.The reaction today has been anything but the same.
:04:20. > :04:21.Approval from Tory leaning papers compared to outrage when Labour
:04:22. > :04:27.It's not a Tory policy, it's scandalous that they've
:04:28. > :04:31.What we're saying is that they haven't provided any
:04:32. > :04:36.detail and they've not gone far enough.
:04:37. > :04:40.We have an energy system that's been rigged by the Big Six
:04:41. > :04:45.Politics because it sounds great, but it's rubbish policy
:04:46. > :04:47.because it'll actually lead to less investment and higher prices.
:04:48. > :04:50.So it'll harm and damage the very people, those on low incomes,
:04:51. > :04:54.Some ministers may have had their doubts, but as one Cabinet
:04:55. > :04:56.member put it to me, Theresa May's ideology
:04:57. > :05:01.She's out to show people who feel they're getting a raw deal that
:05:02. > :05:06.So, sometimes she sounds right wing, on migration, on Brexit,
:05:07. > :05:09.but on some pieces of policies, like this latest piece
:05:10. > :05:10.of intervention, she leans to the centre.
:05:11. > :05:13.Theresa May's after votes from every political direction.
:05:14. > :05:22.She's campaigning as if the result is on a knife edge and she's
:05:23. > :05:28.The energy industry has criticised the plans to cap prices,
:05:29. > :05:32.arguing the move would stifle competition and hurt customers.
:05:33. > :05:35.We've asked our business editor Simon Jack to look at the likely
:05:36. > :05:42.Adam and Margaret from Eccles, near Manchester, have been
:05:43. > :05:45.with the same energy supplier for 30 years.
:05:46. > :05:47.And when their bill arrives every three months, they go
:05:48. > :05:52.They could pay less if they shopped around.
:05:53. > :06:00.It is just impossible to compare like with like because the tariffs
:06:01. > :06:02.are so confusing, deliberately so, so people can't make
:06:03. > :06:07.After two hours ploughing through I gave up and thought
:06:08. > :06:09.better the devil I know, get a bill, go and pay it
:06:10. > :06:14.The Conservative plan for a cap on energy bills,
:06:15. > :06:18.like the old Labour plan before it, is aimed squarely at Adam
:06:19. > :06:25.According to the regulator Ofgem, two thirds of all energy customers,
:06:26. > :06:29.that is 17 million households, are on standard variable tariffs,
:06:30. > :06:36.The competition authorities say, collectively, customers are paying
:06:37. > :06:39.?1.4 billion more than they would be paying if they switch
:06:40. > :06:44.The Conservatives say that means a saving of up
:06:45. > :06:47.But this cap would not automatically move people
:06:48. > :06:50.to the cheapest possible deal, it would just improve
:06:51. > :06:56.And many of the cheapest deals might be withdrawn by energy companies
:06:57. > :06:59.to make up for any money they lose to the cap.
:07:00. > :07:01.In fact there is evidence that is already happening,
:07:02. > :07:04.which is why most of the industry is not convinced some
:07:05. > :07:08.of these numbers stack up, or that caps are the answer.
:07:09. > :07:10.The market is actually changing in quite a dynamic fashion.
:07:11. > :07:12.I think it is really important we don't damage that
:07:13. > :07:19.We bring in some of these fantastic new entrants in the market,
:07:20. > :07:21.who are bringing innovation and challenging the big players.
:07:22. > :07:23.That's got to be right for consumers.
:07:24. > :07:25.The big six energy companies don't like this proposal.
:07:26. > :07:34.But some of those smaller suppliers are supported.
:07:35. > :07:36.I think this is good news for energy customers.
:07:37. > :07:39.It might be painful for energy companies that are in the business
:07:40. > :07:41.of taking advantage of customers who don't understand
:07:42. > :07:49.But, on the whole, for companies that believe in charging
:07:50. > :07:53.a fair price for energy, this is probably good news.
:07:54. > :07:55.Competition authorities looked to the energy market for two years
:07:56. > :07:58.and ultimately decided that a cap wasn't a good idea.
:07:59. > :08:00.But with 17 million Adam and Margarets out there,
:08:01. > :08:02.feeling they are overpaying, price caps may be
:08:03. > :08:05.unfamiliar territory, especially for a Conservative Party,
:08:06. > :08:07.but it looks like comfortable political ground.
:08:08. > :08:23.There is confusion tonight over Labour's policy on Brexit. And
:08:24. > :08:27.Jeremy Corbyn said the question of Brexit was settled but speaking to
:08:28. > :08:31.our political editor later, he repeatedly refused to say whether
:08:32. > :08:36.Labour would definitely take Britain out of the European Union.
:08:37. > :08:43.A showbiz introduction. Labour has had more drama in 18 months than
:08:44. > :08:50.some parties do in a decade. But he is on the main stage now. Are you
:08:51. > :08:55.ready for his lines? The economy is still rigged in favour of the rich
:08:56. > :08:59.and powerful. When Labour wins, there will be a reckoning for those
:09:00. > :09:03.who thought they could get away with asset stripping our industry,
:09:04. > :09:08.crashing our economy and ripping off workers and consumers. A dramatic
:09:09. > :09:15.call in front of his shiny new battle bus, but since he has been in
:09:16. > :09:20.charge, Labour has gone backwards. We have four weeks to ruin their
:09:21. > :09:32.party. We have four weeks to have a chance to take back. We must seize
:09:33. > :09:37.that chance today and every day until June the 8th. He has brought
:09:38. > :09:41.multitudes of new members, but what about the mainstream? You said
:09:42. > :09:45.dramatically there would be a reckoning if you become Prime
:09:46. > :09:50.Minister. A reckoning does not sound like they see people at the top
:09:51. > :09:55.paying more, it sounds more radical. Higher taxes for business? It is a
:09:56. > :10:00.reckoning in our society that big business should pay more in tax,
:10:01. > :10:04.corporation tax should not be lowered as the Conservatives propose
:10:05. > :10:10.to give away more than 60 billion in tax cuts. How much more? You will
:10:11. > :10:13.have to wait until the manifesto. When you use language like promising
:10:14. > :10:21.a reckoning and talking about people taking back their wealth, to some,
:10:22. > :10:28.it sounds like the politics of envy. Not at all. I am saying that we all
:10:29. > :10:33.benefit when we all do better. We are a rich country but unfortunately
:10:34. > :10:37.the riches are not fairly spread around and the levels of inequality
:10:38. > :10:41.are getting worse. We need to understand the anger that many
:10:42. > :10:46.people feel in this country. 6 million earning less than the living
:10:47. > :10:51.wage, 1 billion on zero-hours contracts. Many on short-term jobs
:10:52. > :10:55.and working, in communities that have seen little investment in 30
:10:56. > :11:03.years. Their anger is palpable and real. Are you angry? Yes I get angry
:11:04. > :11:07.about poverty about injustice and inequality. Why do you believe you
:11:08. > :11:11.can win a general election from the left because the evidence under your
:11:12. > :11:17.leadership is the kind of things you have been saying, which can go down
:11:18. > :11:22.like a storm in a room like this, but the evidence is the wider
:11:23. > :11:28.electorate, the Labour Party has been going backwards. The evidence
:11:29. > :11:32.is, ask people question on wages, housing, on education, ask people
:11:33. > :11:36.the question on social care, ask them those questions, all of which
:11:37. > :11:41.are framed in our policies and you fine people say, I agree with that.
:11:42. > :11:47.That is what he wants to take on the road, with big promises to come.
:11:48. > :11:51.Voters in Salford curious. I do not think he as an individual but where
:11:52. > :11:55.he is coming from resonates with people in here and other parts of
:11:56. > :11:59.the country. There are that many people in the Labour Party who hate
:12:00. > :12:06.him, I would not say hey Tim, but do not get on with him, I do not think
:12:07. > :12:10.there is a chance. It has been hard for Labour to settle on the position
:12:11. > :12:15.on leaving the EU. The leader wants to draw a line. This election is not
:12:16. > :12:19.about Brexit itself, that issue has been settled. The question now is
:12:20. > :12:26.what sort of Brexit we want and what sort of country do we want written
:12:27. > :12:30.to be after that. His aides are adamant that settled means settled
:12:31. > :12:34.and a Labour government would leave but when I asked him several times,
:12:35. > :12:38.the answer was not so clear. Does it mean if you are Prime Minister,
:12:39. > :12:44.whatever the deal on the table, we will leave the EU? There was a clear
:12:45. > :12:48.vote at the referendum a year ago but there is now the negotiations
:12:49. > :12:52.that have begun. That is not my question, my question is if you are
:12:53. > :12:57.Prime Minister, we will leave whatever is on the table at the end
:12:58. > :13:01.of negotiations? We win the election, we will get a good deal
:13:02. > :13:04.with Europe. Can you say we would definitely leave? If you will not,
:13:05. > :13:10.there is a possibility things could change and we might end up
:13:11. > :13:14.differently at our options. The danger of the approach of the
:13:15. > :13:18.Conservatives in their megaphone diplomacy on Europe, our view is you
:13:19. > :13:22.have to talk to them, negotiate and recognise there is a lot of common
:13:23. > :13:26.interest, particularly in manufacturing. That is the process
:13:27. > :13:35.we are following. For all the leaders in this merry dance, every
:13:36. > :13:39.word and move matters. An 11-year-old girl thought to be from
:13:40. > :13:42.Leicester has died after an incident at the Drayton Manor theme park in
:13:43. > :13:48.the West Midlands. It is thought she fell into the water from one of the
:13:49. > :13:52.rides. The air ambulance arriving after being called to one of the
:13:53. > :13:56.country's biggest theme parks. It landed in the grounds of Drayton
:13:57. > :14:03.Manor in Staffordshire following an incident around 2:20pm. Also on
:14:04. > :14:07.site, other emergency services, responding to reports a child had
:14:08. > :14:12.fallen from a water ride at the theme park. It has been confirmed an
:14:13. > :14:16.11-year-old girl from the Leicester area died after being airlifted to
:14:17. > :14:21.Birmingham Children's Hospital. She had been Drayton Manor on a school
:14:22. > :14:27.trip will stop she was hurt after falling off the Splash Canyon. It is
:14:28. > :14:32.hugely popular. Designed to make you feel you are travelling through fast
:14:33. > :14:38.flowing rapids. Those in the park described the confusion over what
:14:39. > :14:44.had happened. We were just leaving. We saw the ambulances come racing
:14:45. > :14:48.past. At first nobody knew what was going on and I think there was a
:14:49. > :14:56.panic as to why the police were there. As we got told, somebody had
:14:57. > :15:01.fallen out of the Splash Canyon and into the water. I am not sure how
:15:02. > :15:06.serious it was but many of the staff members were upset. The Splash
:15:07. > :15:12.Canyon is described as a wild ride that is unpredictable and thrilling
:15:13. > :15:16.and was opened in 1993. Each boat holds a maximum of six people and
:15:17. > :15:23.those people need to be at least three feet tall. After the incident
:15:24. > :15:28.the area around the Splash Canyon was closed off to the public,
:15:29. > :15:30.although the part remained open. The Health and Safety Executive has been
:15:31. > :15:37.informed and says it is making enquiries.
:15:38. > :15:39.Our correspondent, Phil Mackie, is outside Drayton Manor now.
:15:40. > :15:47.What more can you tell us? Well, Drayton Manor is really busy at this
:15:48. > :15:51.time of year. It's incredibly popular with schools and it seems
:15:52. > :15:56.this 11-year-old girl was on a school trip from the Leicestershire
:15:57. > :16:02.area. She died, as you say, in hospital earlier on. We had a
:16:03. > :16:06.statement, "Drayton Manor had been familiaried owned sense it opened.
:16:07. > :16:09.The grandson of the founder. He said they were truly shocked and
:16:10. > :16:15.devastated about what happened earlier on today. Great efforts were
:16:16. > :16:18.made to save the girl, airlifted to Birmingham Children's Hospital.
:16:19. > :16:21.Police said that officers are supporting the girl's family at this
:16:22. > :16:25.difficult time and their thoughts are very much with their family and
:16:26. > :16:28.friends foj following this tragic accident. George. Phil, thank you
:16:29. > :16:32.very much. Theresa May defends her pledge
:16:33. > :16:36.to cap energy prices despite criticism from industry
:16:37. > :16:38.and opposition parties. Strictly lines up a new judge
:16:39. > :16:47.to keep the dancers on their toes. Team Sky's Geraint Thomas moves
:16:48. > :16:52.into second in the overall standings at the Giro d'Italia after finishing
:16:53. > :16:54.third in today's fourth Another British rider,
:16:55. > :17:07.Adam Yates, is third. The former Royal Marine,
:17:08. > :17:10.who was jailed for killing a wounded Taliban fighter in Afghanistan,
:17:11. > :17:13.has given his first broadcast interview since
:17:14. > :17:16.being freed last month. Alexander Blackman -
:17:17. > :17:21.who was also known as Marine A - said he still doesn't know why
:17:22. > :17:24.he opened fire and called it He's been speaking to our
:17:25. > :17:28.correspondent, Clinton Rogers. It's still a moment of madness,
:17:29. > :17:33.I think, is the best Yeah, it's not exactly
:17:34. > :17:37.the proudest moment of my life. In the last three years,
:17:38. > :17:41.much has been has been said Today, his wife alongside him,
:17:42. > :17:49.he was having his say on a decision, in the heat of battle,
:17:50. > :17:55.that led to a murder charge. His actions, captured
:17:56. > :17:58.on helmet camera. There you are, shuffle off this
:17:59. > :18:01.mortal coin, you (BLEEP). If you look at that video,
:18:02. > :18:09.it would seem plain to everyone that It's a five minute section
:18:10. > :18:14.of an incident that took well over an hour and,
:18:15. > :18:19.to be fair, you can put quite a few different spins on what's said and,
:18:20. > :18:23.unless you were actually there, Obviously, I told my version
:18:24. > :18:31.of events when I was at trial. Hindsight is a wonderful thing
:18:32. > :18:37.and given, especially what's happened to us in our life,
:18:38. > :18:40.if you could go back, If he had a time machine and could
:18:41. > :18:47.go back and do things differently, Blackman's conviction
:18:48. > :18:50.for murder led to protests. His wife, Claire, led the campaign
:18:51. > :18:54.for his release, but her husband had offered her the chance to walk away
:18:55. > :18:56.from their marriage. I said, if she didn't want to stick
:18:57. > :19:06.around or wanted to part company at that point,
:19:07. > :19:09.or at any point throughout the process, it would be something
:19:10. > :19:11.I'd understand and I'd, sort of, wish her well
:19:12. > :19:14.with the rest of her life. So you were, basically, offering her
:19:15. > :19:17.the chance to walk away? I wouldn't have done
:19:18. > :19:22.anything differently. I know sometimes people said to me,
:19:23. > :19:25.you know, "How are you doing this? I don't really have an answer,
:19:26. > :19:31.but it wasn't an option It's only 11 days since
:19:32. > :19:37.he was released from prison, now they both say they need time
:19:38. > :19:40.to readjust to life as a couple. In seven years of marriage,
:19:41. > :19:42.they've been apart more A man arrested close to the Houses
:19:43. > :19:55.of Parliament last month has been Khalid Mohammed Omar Ali,
:19:56. > :19:59.who's 27 and from North London, is accused of preparing
:20:00. > :20:01.acts of terrorism. He's also been charged with two
:20:02. > :20:03.counts of possessing A 33-year-old British man,
:20:04. > :20:12.suspected of being a member of a gang that kidnapped
:20:13. > :20:16.and murdered Western hostages in Syria, has been
:20:17. > :20:22.convicted of terrorism. A court in Turkey found the former
:20:23. > :20:25.London Underground worker Aine Davis guilty of being a member
:20:26. > :20:27.of so-called Islamic State. Our home affairs correspondent,
:20:28. > :20:29.Daniel Sandford, was in court. Aine Davis posing with
:20:30. > :20:33.a fighter in Syria. Today, he became the first
:20:34. > :20:35.of the suspected Beatles - the infamous Islamic State gang
:20:36. > :20:40.from Britain - to be sent to prison. At this Turkish court house,
:20:41. > :20:47.three judges found him guilty guilty of being a member
:20:48. > :20:50.of IS and sentenced him to As he was led from court,
:20:51. > :20:58.flanked by prison guards, I asked for his reaction -
:20:59. > :21:01.he just swore at me. He's the second alleged Beatle to be
:21:02. > :21:03.taken out of action. His friend, Mohammed Emwazi,
:21:04. > :21:06.Jihadi John, was killed in a drone strike two years ago after beheading
:21:07. > :21:08.two British hostages Aine Davis was captured 18
:21:09. > :21:13.months ago at this luxury seaside villa complex,
:21:14. > :21:19.40 miles outside Istanbul. He had risked secretly crossing
:21:20. > :21:24.the border from IS-controlled parts of Syria and travelling hundreds
:21:25. > :21:28.of miles to meet up with fellow IS supporters here, but the Turkish
:21:29. > :21:36.Intelligence Services were watching, they moved in, and at last one
:21:37. > :21:39.of the suspected so-called Beatles, had been captured in this,
:21:40. > :21:42.the most unlikely of locations. The well-known Spanish newspaper
:21:43. > :21:47.journalist, Javier Espinosa, was one of the hostages held
:21:48. > :21:50.and tortured by The Beatles in 2014. He was released before
:21:51. > :21:56.the beheadings began, but today was hugely relieved that
:21:57. > :21:59.Aine Davis was, finally, I think he should face justice,
:22:00. > :22:09.whatever it is, it doesn't matter if it's in England or Turkey
:22:10. > :22:12.or whatever, he should Aine Davis is suspected to be one
:22:13. > :22:16.of the four branded The Beatles because of their English accents
:22:17. > :22:18.by the captives they The most infamous was the killer,
:22:19. > :22:22.Mohammed Emwazi, or Jihadi John. The others have been named by the US
:22:23. > :22:25.State Department as Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh,
:22:26. > :22:29.both alive and still in Syria. Javier Espinosa remembers how one
:22:30. > :22:31.of The Beatles, nicknamed George, always talked about how much
:22:32. > :22:34.he despised the West. I mean, it was a very common
:22:35. > :22:42.phrase that he used. That hatred developed when all four
:22:43. > :22:52.men were radicalised in West London. Davis, a small time drug dealer,
:22:53. > :22:55.was once jailed for having an illegal gun, now he's serving
:22:56. > :22:57.seven-and-a-half years in a Turkish prison for being
:22:58. > :22:59.a member of Islamic State. BBC News has learned that the Health
:23:00. > :23:07.and Safety Executive is to prosecute a Mental Health Trust over the death
:23:08. > :23:10.of a teenager in Oxford. Connor Sparrowhawk, who was 18,
:23:11. > :23:13.drowned in a bath at a residential Tonight, the Trust has apologised
:23:14. > :23:27.again to his family. Scores of convictions,
:23:28. > :23:29.including rapes and murders, could be called into question
:23:30. > :23:31.after allegations that thousands of blood samples may
:23:32. > :23:32.have been manipulated. The National Police Chief's Council
:23:33. > :23:34.says forensic experts are identifying any live cases
:23:35. > :23:38.which require retesting. The three-time Tour de France
:23:39. > :23:40.winner, Chris Froome, says he was deliberately knocked
:23:41. > :23:43.off his bike by a car The 31-year-old posted a photograph
:23:44. > :23:49.online of his damaged bike, Team Sky, with whom he rides,
:23:50. > :23:54.say they've reported It's the announcement
:23:55. > :24:04.fans of the BBC show Strictly Come Dancing have been
:24:05. > :24:07.waiting for - who will replace the former head judge, Len Goodman,
:24:08. > :24:10.who's retired after 12 years As David Sillito reports,
:24:11. > :24:15.Shirley Ballas brings some Latin Here in her dancing heyday and now,
:24:16. > :24:31.the new head judge for Strictly and she comes with quite some
:24:32. > :24:33.recommendation from When I fist saw her,
:24:34. > :24:41.I was absolutely gobsmacked. One of my true favourite Latin women
:24:42. > :24:49.dancers of all-time. And as we can see from their
:24:50. > :24:52.dancing, Charles, Corky and Shirley, Definitely determined,
:24:53. > :25:02.she's won everything on both sides Please welcome the fantastic
:25:03. > :25:10.Shirley Ballas. And she's got deep connections
:25:11. > :25:17.with the Strictly formula. Her son, Mark, is a veteran
:25:18. > :25:20.of the American version of the show, so too Julianne and Derek Hough,
:25:21. > :25:22.dancers that she mentored and all trained here,
:25:23. > :25:25.at Italia Conti, in London. When it comes to dancing,
:25:26. > :25:27.does she really know her stuff? More than her stuff,
:25:28. > :25:29.she really does. She goes all around the world
:25:30. > :25:35.coaching all the professionals. And when it comes to
:25:36. > :25:37.judging, tough or tender? She's going to be tough,
:25:38. > :25:44.more because she's a perfectionist. However, we're talking
:25:45. > :25:49.about Strictly and the real test will be how the public judges
:25:50. > :25:51.the new judge. Time for a look at the weather,
:25:52. > :26:06.here's Tomasz Schafernaker. Hello. Hi. We have been basking in
:26:07. > :26:09.the sunshine today. More great news on the way for tomorrow. More
:26:10. > :26:13.sunshine as well. Look at this beautiful picture. It could almost
:26:14. > :26:21.be California there with the dude on the surf board. This is from Wales,
:26:22. > :26:27.from Gwynedd. Beautiful conditions. Not so sunnier closer to the North
:26:28. > :26:31.Sea coasts. So many western areas enjoyed the sunshine in the east we
:26:32. > :26:35.had the cloud. Look at this area of cloud, it's shrinking and shrinking.
:26:36. > :26:39.That means we are in for a clear night, that promise as sunny day
:26:40. > :26:43.tomorrow. For most of us. Tonight, with the clearing skies, it will be
:26:44. > :26:46.nippy. In the cities it will be around six or seven degrees. In
:26:47. > :26:51.rural spots maybe even just outside of town only a couple of degrees
:26:52. > :26:55.above freezing. A chance for grass frost around fist thing tomorrow. It
:26:56. > :26:58.will start off on a beautiful note across the UK. Notice there is a
:26:59. > :27:04.difference across the north of Scotland. The far north, Auckney,
:27:05. > :27:08.getting spots of rain and colder there seven, 18 for London, 17 for
:27:09. > :27:12.Belfast. Stunning day. The wind will be light. It will feel warmer. The
:27:13. > :27:16.sun remember is very strong. As strong as it is in July. Come
:27:17. > :27:19.Thursday that is when we start to see a change. We were talking about
:27:20. > :27:23.it yesterday. A low pressure will drift to southern areas. That means
:27:24. > :27:27.increasing amounts of cloud and already on Thursday from morning
:27:28. > :27:30.onwards there is a threat of rain Wen need the rain in so many parts
:27:31. > :27:35.of the country, it's been so dry. The showers confined to the southern
:27:36. > :27:40.areas on Thursday, further north still a beautiful afternoon on the
:27:41. > :27:45.way. Friday actually we could get quite a bit of rain in a short space
:27:46. > :27:49.of time. Downpours on the way with thunder and lightning. The thundery
:27:50. > :27:53.showers on Friday will be hit-and-miss. Not everybody will get
:27:54. > :27:54.them. What you will notice is the humidity is also going to rise.
:27:55. > :27:58.Thank you #1re67. Thank you. That's all from the BBC News at Six,
:27:59. > :28:01.so it's goodbye from me, and on BBC One we now join the BBC's
:28:02. > :28:03.news teams where you are.