:00:00. > :00:07.Tonight at six - from the railways to Royal Mail,
:00:08. > :00:12.public ownership is at the heart of Labour's leaked manifesto.
:00:13. > :00:15.After the party's top brass met to amend the draft document,
:00:16. > :00:26.Jeremy Corbyn spelt out what it could mean for Britain.
:00:27. > :00:31.An offer that will transform the lives of many people in our society,
:00:32. > :00:33.and ensure that we have a government in Britain on June the 8th that will
:00:34. > :00:36.work for the many, not the few. Labour unveils its election poster -
:00:37. > :00:38.but some in the party have their own thoughts
:00:39. > :00:42.on what actually matters. The Tories are 20 points
:00:43. > :00:46.ahead in the polls. It's the Tory manifesto people need
:00:47. > :00:48.to be focusing on, seeing We'll find out what potential voters
:00:49. > :00:52.think of the new policies. A warning
:00:53. > :00:55.from the Bank of England - you'll feel the pinch in your pocket
:00:56. > :01:00.as inflation is set to rise. Latest figures show waiting times
:01:01. > :01:03.in the NHS in England You guessed it, it's
:01:04. > :01:12.Eurovision time again - but could Brexit bad blood mean nil
:01:13. > :01:20.points for our Lucie Jones? Coming up in the sport on BBC News,
:01:21. > :01:23.Europa League and potential Champions League prizes both
:01:24. > :01:25.on offer for Manchester United ahead of their second leg
:01:26. > :01:48.against Celta Vigo at Old Trafford. Good evening and welcome
:01:49. > :01:51.to the BBC News at Six. If a leaked copy of Labour's
:01:52. > :01:56.manifesto is anything to go by, the party is about to propose some
:01:57. > :02:00.of the most sweeping changes The draft proposals -
:02:01. > :02:03.seen by the BBC - range from renationalising the railways
:02:04. > :02:07.and parts of the energy sector, an emphasis on workers' rights
:02:08. > :02:09.to scrapping tuition This afternoon, party chiefs
:02:10. > :02:14.signed off on an amended Jeremy Corbyn, who said the final,
:02:15. > :02:23.fully costed manifesto will be published in a few days,
:02:24. > :02:25.described it as transformative. The Conservatives called
:02:26. > :02:27.it the road to ruin. Here's our political
:02:28. > :02:41.editor Laura Kuennsberg. They wondered what exactly was going
:02:42. > :02:45.on, and you might too. This was meant to be the grand unveiling of a
:02:46. > :02:55.Labour poster, albeit on a waste ground in South London. But the
:02:56. > :02:58.party leader was nowhere to be seen. Jeremy Corbyn should have been
:02:59. > :03:04.selling the slogan. He had been promised as top billing. But after
:03:05. > :03:13.the astonishing leak of a draft of Labour's complete manifesto... We
:03:14. > :03:17.were told he had other things to do. Where is Mr Corbyn? He was meant to
:03:18. > :03:23.be here. He was meant to be here, but things happened and Mr Corbyn
:03:24. > :03:27.is... Dealing with internal matters. Do you know who leaked your
:03:28. > :03:32.manifesto? Mr Corbyn's closest ally was promise a great things. This is
:03:33. > :03:36.extremely modern, progressive set of proposals. It is looking to the long
:03:37. > :03:40.term future and most people get excited at what they have seen. The
:03:41. > :03:44.45 page draft we have seen spells out plans to nationalise the
:03:45. > :03:49.railways, Royal Mail and parts of the energy industry, to abolish
:03:50. > :03:54.tuition fees in England, to restore some welfare benefits and scrap the
:03:55. > :04:04.bedroom tax and to provide ?8 billion for social care. In a frenzy
:04:05. > :04:09.over who told the world... REPORTER: are you responsible for the leak?
:04:10. > :04:13.Sun can be silly. Labour shadow ministers, officials and union
:04:14. > :04:18.bigwigs were due to arrive to sign it. We are here today to decide the
:04:19. > :04:22.final version and I'm sure it will be an exciting process that will
:04:23. > :04:26.attract as many voters as possible to the Labour Party. I am certain
:04:27. > :04:29.that ordinary Labour voters want an increased minimum wage, the
:04:30. > :04:38.abolition of zero our contracts, agency workers dealt with. REPORTER:
:04:39. > :04:44.and nationalisation? Of the railways. Eventually, the leader
:04:45. > :04:47.sped in. Inside, Labour's top brass discussed tax rises for the
:04:48. > :04:51.wealthiest and big business, a ban on fracking, ending arms sales to
:04:52. > :04:58.Saudi Arabia, but no ban on nuclear weapons. And after four hours, it
:04:59. > :05:01.was eventually agreed, a plan described as the biggest
:05:02. > :05:07.intervention in the state since the 1970s. But is that how he sees it?
:05:08. > :05:14.I'm naturally to the centre, he says. But for how Labour will pay
:05:15. > :05:17.for his grand plans, we will have to wait. We have just concluded our
:05:18. > :05:23.joint meeting of the Shadow Cabinet and the national executive, and we
:05:24. > :05:27.have discussed our manifesto for the general election. Our manifesto will
:05:28. > :05:31.be an offer, and we believe the policies in it are very popular, an
:05:32. > :05:37.offer that will transform the lives of many people in our society. The
:05:38. > :05:42.details will be set out to you, including the costings of all the
:05:43. > :05:48.pledges and promises we make. But the national manifesto, this seeming
:05:49. > :05:53.chaos, the sum of his candidates makes not much difference. Listen to
:05:54. > :05:56.this. The Tories are 20 points ahead in the polls. It is their manifesto
:05:57. > :06:01.people should focus on and sing on what they are doing in government.
:06:02. > :06:05.We Labour MPs are trying to save as many good Labour MPs as possible so
:06:06. > :06:12.that we have the semblance of an opposition after June the 8th.
:06:13. > :06:14.Manifesto timing slip-ups aside, this is less radical than Jeremy
:06:15. > :06:19.Corbyn and his core supporters might have wished. The task now is to
:06:20. > :06:23.persuade voters of its merits. Ultimately, what matters is not the
:06:24. > :06:30.clamour over the leak, but what you make of what Labour has to offer.
:06:31. > :06:33.Sorry, can I get through? Jeremy Corbyn's hope is that the more
:06:34. > :06:36.people understand him, the more they will like. His internal rivals in
:06:37. > :06:40.the Labour Party fear the opposite is true, and it's already been a
:06:41. > :06:42.bumpy journey. Laura Kuenssberg, BBC News, Westminster.
:06:43. > :06:45.The independent think tank, the Institute for Fiscal Studies,
:06:46. > :06:46.says Labour's draft manifesto would significantly increase
:06:47. > :06:49.One proposal is a commitment to renationalise
:06:50. > :06:55.At the moment, train services in different parts of the country
:06:56. > :06:58.Our transport correspondent Richard Westcott has been looking
:06:59. > :07:03.at what Labour's plans would do for the railways.
:07:04. > :07:06.Britain's railways are bitty and complex.
:07:07. > :07:09.Most of the track, signals and stations
:07:10. > :07:17.It's effectively a nationalised company, spending public money.
:07:18. > :07:23.At the moment, different companies can bid to run different rail
:07:24. > :07:26.services for a limited number of years.
:07:27. > :07:33.What Labour seems to be suggesting is that as each of those
:07:34. > :07:35.franchises runs out, rather than having a new bidding
:07:36. > :07:40.process, the Government will take over those services instead.
:07:41. > :07:47.The first one, South West Trains, comes up for renewal
:07:48. > :07:52.in August but another ten, including famous names
:07:53. > :07:54.like Great Western Railways, could be taken into public ownership
:07:55. > :08:01.But some franchises don't finish until well into the 2020s,
:08:02. > :08:06.and the Caledonian sleeper service won't be renewed until 2030.
:08:07. > :08:10.Opinion polls suggest that nationalisation is popular.
:08:11. > :08:12.I am for nationalisation because I think it will make it
:08:13. > :08:18.It's been proven in the past that nationalised rail services
:08:19. > :08:22.don't meet the standards of customer expectations.
:08:23. > :08:24.They've had safety issues in the past as well.
:08:25. > :08:26.'British Rail - we're getting there'.
:08:27. > :08:30.The old publicly owned British Rail had a mixed reputation,
:08:31. > :08:32.so why do campaigners think nationalising the trains
:08:33. > :08:41.We would be able to reduce fares and improve services.
:08:42. > :08:42.We could add carriages, reopen lines, we could
:08:43. > :08:47.In 2009, East Coast services were taken over by the Government
:08:48. > :08:50.for a few years because a private company made a mess
:08:51. > :08:55.Labour's often hailed it as proof that nationalising a line can
:08:56. > :09:04.But the former boss of that publicly owned company disagrees.
:09:05. > :09:07.It worked well in public hands, but I probably wouldn't advocate
:09:08. > :09:18.It was hard to do it, but we ran it as if it was a private
:09:19. > :09:21.sector company and we returned over ?1 billion in profit to the Treasury
:09:22. > :09:25.But the new franchisee that replaced us has promised far more money.
:09:26. > :09:28.A slow takeover of passenger services is the cheapest option
:09:29. > :09:30.for nationalisation, but if Labour wants to buy back
:09:31. > :09:32.the privately owned trains, it could cost billions.
:09:33. > :09:40.Another policy in the leaked draft manifesto is the plan to scrap
:09:41. > :09:48.First introduced in 1998 under Labour, in 2012
:09:49. > :09:51.Our Education Editor Branwen Jeffreys reports now on what impact
:09:52. > :09:54.tuition fees have on student numbers and what it might cost
:09:55. > :10:09.Universities like Nottingham Trent are part of a revolution. Tuition
:10:10. > :10:13.fees have paid for many more places, but its students who face 30 years
:10:14. > :10:18.of paying back loans, so do they welcome the idea of scrapping fees?
:10:19. > :10:22.It would be a good thing, but how are they going to pay for it?
:10:23. > :10:27.Getting rid of them doesn't make a difference. It is more the living
:10:28. > :10:31.costs that would sway people into going to uni or not. That is
:10:32. > :10:35.brilliant if they actually do it forever wandering into education but
:10:36. > :10:39.for me, I'm going to graduate in a couple of weeks. A quarter of
:10:40. > :10:43.students here are from England's poorest families, managing less than
:10:44. > :10:48.?15,000 a year. So does it matter who pays for their courses? From a
:10:49. > :10:51.university point of view, we want enough money to provide a
:10:52. > :10:54.high-quality education. Whether that comes from government grants or
:10:55. > :10:57.student loans is a matter for the politicians. It is great that this
:10:58. > :11:03.debate is now part of the general election campaign. Each time tuition
:11:04. > :11:08.fees go up, applications initially dropped but in the long term it
:11:09. > :11:15.hasn't put young people off. In 2007, when fees were ?3000, 305,000
:11:16. > :11:24.students accepted a place. By 2016, when fees were 9000, 394,000 signed
:11:25. > :11:28.up. It would cost around ?7.5 billion to replace loans with
:11:29. > :11:33.government spending. The reason it isn't more is that taxpayers are
:11:34. > :11:37.still paying some of the cost. The majority of students will never
:11:38. > :11:43.fully repay their loans. Tuition fee increases have provoked protests.
:11:44. > :11:47.The outrage overflowed when the crippled under the coalition.
:11:48. > :11:51.Tuition fees have become a symbol of fairness between the generations.
:11:52. > :11:55.Students look at older people and see that they got a free university
:11:56. > :12:00.education, cheaper housing, better pensions. They ask why they are not
:12:01. > :12:03.getting the same deal. Scotland is the only part of the UK with no
:12:04. > :12:08.tuition fees. The number of university places is limited.
:12:09. > :12:13.Wealthier students are more likely to get places, a bigger gap than
:12:14. > :12:14.England. Food for thought in the tuition fee debate. Branwen
:12:15. > :12:17.Jeffreys, BBC News. So what do the public make
:12:18. > :12:19.of the proposals outlined Our deputy political editor
:12:20. > :12:24.Jon Pienaar has been to York, a Labour seat being targeted
:12:25. > :12:26.by the Conservatives, An act of faith, Labour's manifesto,
:12:27. > :12:36.true believers spreading the word of socialism
:12:37. > :12:39.in places like York. With its 7,000 Labour
:12:40. > :12:41.majority, the party must So much of Labour's programme
:12:42. > :12:46.is divisive and could cause Labour don't want to put a clear
:12:47. > :12:50.limit on immigration from Europe. They're just coming
:12:51. > :12:59.to use the NHS for free. They get housing funding
:13:00. > :13:01.for free, benefits for free, I agree, but if they are coming over
:13:02. > :13:06.and are going to get a job And for so many, it's
:13:07. > :13:09.about the economy. More tax if you can easily
:13:10. > :13:14.afford it, or would that Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party
:13:15. > :13:20.are saying, get more tax out I think if you go to university,
:13:21. > :13:26.do a masters, work hard, But if you've got more money,
:13:27. > :13:32.why not pay a bit more for services? Because you've done essential
:13:33. > :13:34.things to earn that. If I was earning that much,
:13:35. > :13:37.I'd want to be doing my I don't need that much
:13:38. > :13:40.money in my life. As for returning more
:13:41. > :13:46.power to the unions... I remember the '70s,
:13:47. > :13:48.going to work and literally working in candlelight,
:13:49. > :13:51.to go home just in time for You think this would be
:13:52. > :13:56.a step down that road? I think it would, because again,
:13:57. > :13:59.you are going back to the few in the unions who are dominant,
:14:00. > :14:02.controlling the many. We love our railways,
:14:03. > :14:05.when they're running properly. Why not renationalise
:14:06. > :14:09.Royal Mail, too? Well, maybe going back
:14:10. > :14:11.to a state-owned rail service is rather sentimental,
:14:12. > :14:15.even an eccentric idea. Well, the state did a reasonable job
:14:16. > :14:19.in the past, but previously the private corporations have done
:14:20. > :14:22.perhaps an even better job, so I think the guys who are more
:14:23. > :14:25.motivated to do the job should be Why do you think a lot of people
:14:26. > :14:29.are happy with the idea Because railways are
:14:30. > :14:32.a treasure, aren't they? But in a pick and mix of Labour
:14:33. > :14:48.policies, rail nationalisation The investment hasn't
:14:49. > :14:51.gone in over the years, so if the private sector can't do
:14:52. > :14:53.it, then it's left I would be fine with
:14:54. > :14:56.that, no problem. If this election was a shopping
:14:57. > :14:59.trip, there's a lot of Labour policy Nationalise the railways,
:15:00. > :15:02.tax the rich. But the hardest currency on polling
:15:03. > :15:04.day is public trust, and Jeremy Corbyn needs to do better
:15:05. > :15:07.in that marketplace than he's done in the past if Labour ideas
:15:08. > :15:10.are to count for much We can now speak to our political
:15:11. > :15:23.editor Laura Kuenssberg. We have got to say we are discussing
:15:24. > :15:29.a draft here. Some say it's a throwback, others say in Labour it's
:15:30. > :15:34.a modernising document, what's the judgment? I think it is a bit of
:15:35. > :15:38.both. It is too crude to say it is just a wreck -- replica of what went
:15:39. > :15:47.before. It is a different list of political policies and doesn't care
:15:48. > :15:50.-- compared with the manifesto put forward in the 1970s and 1980s.
:15:51. > :15:55.There are echoes of that because in its most able form, ideas of
:15:56. > :16:00.bringing back nationalisation to some parts of the economy. It is
:16:01. > :16:04.worth saying in 2017 that idea polls well with many sections of the
:16:05. > :16:10.public and there are lots of ideas in this manifesto that may well be
:16:11. > :16:13.popular. Not just with Jeremy Corbyn supporters but potentially among
:16:14. > :16:17.large numbers. It is also worth saying that even inside the Labour
:16:18. > :16:21.Party there are very different views. One senior figure said to me
:16:22. > :16:27.this is basically the manifesto Ed Miliband would have liked to write
:16:28. > :16:31.if he had had the nerve. He said there were clever ideas in it and if
:16:32. > :16:37.sold properly it could do quite well. Another former minister said
:16:38. > :16:43.to me this is like a letter to Santa Claus and with sceptical over
:16:44. > :16:48.whether it would prove popular enough. But I think the question
:16:49. > :16:52.tonight is not is it forward-looking? Or is it a blast
:16:53. > :16:58.from the past? The test is whether this manifesto will add up to
:16:59. > :17:02.something that's credible. And we won't see how Labour are adding up
:17:03. > :17:09.the sums, and won't be able to answer that until next week. Laura,
:17:10. > :17:12.thank you very much. The time is coming up to 17 minutes past six.
:17:13. > :17:15.Public ownership of the railways and Royal Mail -
:17:16. > :17:18.Jeremy Corbyn spells out Labour's offer to the electorate.
:17:19. > :17:21.It's Eurovision time again, but could Brexit influence
:17:22. > :17:27.Andy Murray loses at the Madrid Open, knocked out
:17:28. > :17:31.The world number one has failed to reach the quarterfinals in two
:17:32. > :17:46.The Bank of England has warned of a squeeze on household incomes
:17:47. > :17:49.this year as the cost of living rises faster than wages.
:17:50. > :17:52.The Bank's governor, Mark Carney, expected only moderate
:17:53. > :17:55.Looking further ahead, he predicted a better prospect,
:17:56. > :17:58.but only if the Government secures a smooth exit from the EU.
:17:59. > :18:07.Our economics editor Kamal Ahmed reports.
:18:08. > :18:09.Wherever you live, a clear message from the Bank.
:18:10. > :18:12.2017, a year of squeezed incomes, higher prices and slower growth.
:18:13. > :18:19.Mark Carney kicked off his mixed message on the UK
:18:20. > :18:24.This is going to be a more challenging time for British
:18:25. > :18:27.households over the course of this year.
:18:28. > :18:31.Real income growth, to use our terminology, will be negative.
:18:32. > :18:37.To use theirs, wages won't keep up with prices.
:18:38. > :18:39.Consumers are split between the worried and those that
:18:40. > :18:48.No matter what you go in to buy nowadays, even the shops,
:18:49. > :18:51.or even for the animals, whatever, everything has gone up in price.
:18:52. > :18:56.I do think it's going to get worse when Brexit hits hard.
:18:57. > :18:58.So I would say I'm not really looking forward
:18:59. > :19:08.We are seeing stability in the UK, and that's a positive thing.
:19:09. > :19:11.I think the economy is actually on the turn, on the way up.
:19:12. > :19:13.I think you've got no choice but to kind of look
:19:14. > :19:16.where your money is going, in terms of like shopping,
:19:17. > :19:21.spending, holiday prices obviously going up as well.
:19:22. > :19:24.It's those rising prices that the Bank is focusing on,
:19:25. > :19:28.saying it expected inflation to rise by 2.7% this year.
:19:29. > :19:30.That is in sharp contrast with the rise in earnings,
:19:31. > :19:36.Over the next two years, more positive news,
:19:37. > :19:39.with a growth upgrade for both 2018, and 2019.
:19:40. > :19:44.The Bank also insists wage growth will bounce back.
:19:45. > :19:48.Why are you so confident that that will come to an end and that wage
:19:49. > :19:53.growth will hit 3.75%, you suggest, by the end of 2019?
:19:54. > :19:55.We are conditionally on a smooth process,
:19:56. > :20:01.The extent to which uncertainty over that process is temporarily weighing
:20:02. > :20:06.Today's report from the Bank of England can be neatly
:20:07. > :20:16.Yes, that income squeeze is back for this year,
:20:17. > :20:20.but assumptions that global growth will be stronger, and an assumption
:20:21. > :20:23.that the Brexit process will be smooth, has left
:20:24. > :20:29.The Governor had a warning for all corners of the country,
:20:30. > :20:31.that interest rates may rise more quickly than some expect,
:20:32. > :20:37.As long as we get that good Brexit deal.
:20:38. > :20:44.A mother, her daughter and a third woman have appeared
:20:45. > :20:47.in court in central London, charged with what is believed to be
:20:48. > :20:50.the first alleged all-female terror plot in Britain.
:20:51. > :20:53.The three women from London were accused of planning a suspected
:20:54. > :20:58.As well as being accused of terrorism offences,
:20:59. > :21:03.all three were charged with conspiracy to murder.
:21:04. > :21:07.Waiting times for a number of key NHS services in England
:21:08. > :21:10.were the worst in five years - that's according to new analysis
:21:11. > :21:12.of figures for the year to the end of March.
:21:13. > :21:18.Our Health Editor Hugh Pym is with me.
:21:19. > :21:29.Just give us the details. Today we got the figures for March from NHS
:21:30. > :21:33.England giving a full picture of the financial year 2016/17, compared
:21:34. > :21:36.with previous years the answer is continued deterioration, targets
:21:37. > :21:41.missed. First the numbers who had to wait for more than four hours to be
:21:42. > :21:46.assessed in A, the number was 2.5 million over the full year, a big
:21:47. > :21:53.increase on five years before when those who had to wait more than four
:21:54. > :22:04.I was numbered 720 5000. Another benchmark is the two month wait for
:22:05. > :22:06.cancer treatment after urgent referral by a GP. The numbers who
:22:07. > :22:09.had to wait longer than that where 26000 and that compared with under
:22:10. > :22:13.15,005 years before. NHS England says they are dealing with more and
:22:14. > :22:18.more patients every year, doing their best to provide high quality
:22:19. > :22:25.care. March was a bit better than February, they think they are moving
:22:26. > :22:28.in the right direction, but whoever forms the new government will have
:22:29. > :22:30.to face up to the missed targets. Thank you.
:22:31. > :22:32.A cold-calling company has been fined a record ?400,000
:22:33. > :22:34.for making almost 100 million nuisance calls.
:22:35. > :22:36.Keurboom Communications called people, sometimes at unsocial hours,
:22:37. > :22:38.to see if they were eligible for road accident
:22:39. > :22:43.The firm has since gone into liquidation,
:22:44. > :22:46.but the Information Commissioner's Office said
:22:47. > :22:54.it was committed to recovering the fine.
:22:55. > :22:57.It's the finals of the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday.
:22:58. > :23:00.Lucie Jones will be representing the UK in Kiev,
:23:01. > :23:03.but what are our chances of winning this time round?
:23:04. > :23:09.Will the UK leaving the European Union influence the voting?
:23:10. > :23:14.Our Moscow correspondent Steve Rosenberg has been finding out.
:23:15. > :23:24.Here's one European institution we're staying in, for now.
:23:25. > :23:32.It's the final this Saturday in Kiev.
:23:33. > :23:35.Lucie Jones is flying our flag, but will Brexit mean
:23:36. > :23:42.Let's face it, in recent years it's been hard enough
:23:43. > :23:44.for the United Kingdom to get points from our European neighbours
:23:45. > :23:52.when we've been on speaking terms with them.
:23:53. > :23:55.But now that we're leaving the European Union in an atmosphere
:23:56. > :23:57.of acute disharmony, will that condemn the UK to eternal
:23:58. > :24:05.They may be excited about Eurovision in Kiev, but back home Theresa May
:24:06. > :24:11.has warned that Brexit could scupper our Eurovision party.
:24:12. > :24:13.Is the Prime Minister a Eurovision fan?
:24:14. > :24:15.I can't imagine her sat with her flag at home.
:24:16. > :24:25.Brexit is so out of my hands and out of my control.
:24:26. > :24:27.For the EU, Brexit strikes a bum note,
:24:28. > :24:29.but the signs are that Europe still loves us.
:24:30. > :24:31.We've discovered that even the French love having
:24:32. > :24:41.Usually, France is very bad, but England is worse and I am happy.
:24:42. > :24:43.And being happy is what Eurovision is all about.
:24:44. > :24:54.Just as well - the UK hasn't won the contest to 20 years.
:24:55. > :25:08.It was a lovely day for many northern parts of the UK, some
:25:09. > :25:14.lovely sunshine in Northumberland but we are starting the season
:25:15. > :25:18.changes come up from the south. Yes, some rain spreading in. You can see
:25:19. > :25:23.the cloud is pushing northwards on quite a warm, fairly humid southerly
:25:24. > :25:27.breeze. A lot of showers around in the south-west, rumbles of thunder,
:25:28. > :25:31.and more to come from the south overnight, but largely dry in
:25:32. > :25:36.northern England and Scotland. There will be lots of low cloud drifting
:25:37. > :25:42.into the north-east. Quite a one night further south, 13 degrees for
:25:43. > :25:48.Cardiff and London. Still some showers dotted around, maybe a few
:25:49. > :25:52.breaks here and there, some early sunshine, but 12, 13 degrees at
:25:53. > :25:55.eight o'clock in the morning. The northwest should be brighter,
:25:56. > :26:00.Northern Ireland a bit of a damp start of the day, where the western
:26:01. > :26:07.side of Scotland will see some sunshine the eastern side starts
:26:08. > :26:11.grey. We will see a contrast in Scotland tomorrow with one through
:26:12. > :26:16.the west, staying chilly in the east. Elsewhere a scattering of
:26:17. > :26:22.showers, some of them heavy with the rumble of thunder. It will be warm
:26:23. > :26:26.and fairly humid, 20 degrees the top temperature. Looking towards the
:26:27. > :26:31.weekend, some sunshine but also some showers and it will turn fresher on
:26:32. > :26:35.Sunday. Here is the picture for Saturday, because there's not too
:26:36. > :26:40.many showers for the Midlands and the south-east corner, maybe one or
:26:41. > :26:45.two but most will be across western and north-western areas. On Sunday
:26:46. > :26:49.we still have temperatures of 15-19d but we will see the humidity
:26:50. > :26:50.dropping back. Thank you very much.
:26:51. > :26:54.That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me -
:26:55. > :26:55.and on BBC One, we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.