:00:00. > :00:07.Sweden drops a long-running rape investigation into the Wikileaks
:00:08. > :00:15.But speaking from the balcony of Ecuador's embassy in London,
:00:16. > :00:17.where he's lived for five years to avoid extradition,
:00:18. > :00:28.Seven years without charge, while my children grew up without me.
:00:29. > :00:32.That is not something that I can forgive.
:00:33. > :00:40.It is not something that I can forget.
:00:41. > :00:42.He gives no answers on his future, but Scotland Yard says
:00:43. > :00:47.he still faces arrest for skipping bail if he leaves the embassy.
:00:48. > :00:49.Today his alleged victim expressed her shock at the decision
:00:50. > :00:56.to drop the rape investigation and said she stood by her allegation.
:00:57. > :00:58.Theresa May defends her election pledge to scrap winter fuel payments
:00:59. > :01:04.for some pensioners, as Labour call the plans sick and sneaky.
:01:05. > :01:06.Serial killer Stephen Port - his victims' families are dismayed
:01:07. > :01:09.by the slow progress of an inquiry into why police took
:01:10. > :01:16.A year after they were banned from the high street,
:01:17. > :01:19.warnings that they've just been driven underground.
:01:20. > :01:26.The danger isn't over, and here's Patrick Roberts again!
:01:27. > :01:31.And it has been raining goals for Celtic. Can they finish the season
:01:32. > :01:35.Who will secure a place in next season's Champions League?
:01:36. > :01:38.A crunch final day in the Premier League for Manchester City,
:01:39. > :02:01.Good evening and welcome to the BBC's News at Six.
:02:02. > :02:03.The Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange, says
:02:04. > :02:06.he will not forgive or forget, after a seven year rape
:02:07. > :02:09.investigation in Sweden was dropped without charge.
:02:10. > :02:13.This afternoon he made a rare appearance on the balcony
:02:14. > :02:16.of Ecuador's embassy in London where he's been holed up for five
:02:17. > :02:20.He called the development an important victory for him,
:02:21. > :02:23.but said it was "extremely regretful" that he's
:02:24. > :02:26.still being threatened with arrest if he leaves the embassy,
:02:27. > :02:29.Prosecutors in Sweden say they're disappointed
:02:30. > :02:33.His alleged victim says she stands by the allegation.
:02:34. > :02:51.On the balcony of the Ecuadorian Embassy
:02:52. > :02:53.Julian Assange emerged this afternoon to have his say on the end
:02:54. > :03:01.of the Swedish investigation against him.
:03:02. > :03:10.Today is an important victory for me and for the UN human rights system.
:03:11. > :03:20.Seven years without charge while my children grew up without me.
:03:21. > :03:22.That is not something that I can forgive,
:03:23. > :03:30.it is not something that I can forget.
:03:31. > :03:32.But prosecutors in Sweden have not cleared Julian Assange,
:03:33. > :03:35.they have simply said they can't pursue the case any further.
:03:36. > :03:36.TRANSLATION: There are now no further measures
:03:37. > :03:39.remaining which are possible to advance the investigation.
:03:40. > :03:41.In order to proceed, it would be necessary
:03:42. > :03:45.for Julian Assange to be formally served notice of the crimes
:03:46. > :03:51.This was a measure that was to have been conducted during an interview
:03:52. > :03:57.in London, but Mr Assange refused to make this possible.
:03:58. > :04:00.This complex international drama began in August 2010 when two
:04:01. > :04:02.women alleged that Julian Assange had sexually assaulted them
:04:03. > :04:11.In December that year he was detained in Britain under
:04:12. > :04:16.In May 2012 the Supreme Court upheld a decision to extradite him
:04:17. > :04:24.And in June Mr Assange walked into the Ecuadorian Embassy in London
:04:25. > :04:28.The Metropolitan Police mounted a 24-hour guard at the embassy.
:04:29. > :04:30.By October 2015 it had cost over ?30 million.
:04:31. > :04:40.Julian Assange is no longer wanted on an international
:04:41. > :04:43.arrest warrant but the Metropolitan Police say that if he stepped out
:04:44. > :04:45.of the embassy they are still obliged to arrest him
:04:46. > :04:53.for failing to surrender to a London court back in 2012.
:04:54. > :04:55.At the embassy this evening his supporters were jubilant.
:04:56. > :04:57.But in Sweden, the woman who accused him of
:04:58. > :05:00.rape issued a statement saying he was evading justice,
:05:01. > :05:01.and expressing her shock that the investigation
:05:02. > :05:10.Julian Assange was not held without charge with for seven years.
:05:11. > :05:12.He was subject to extradition proceedings with in the EU,
:05:13. > :05:15.under the European arrest warrant scheme he would have received a fair
:05:16. > :05:17.trial in Sweden had he chosen to go back.
:05:18. > :05:20.The reason this has lasted seven years is entirely down to him
:05:21. > :05:23.seeking refuge in the Ecuadorian Embassy rather than going to face
:05:24. > :05:29.trial in a country that has governed by the rule of law.
:05:30. > :05:31.The founder of Wikileaks says it was fear that he
:05:32. > :05:34.would be extradited to the United States for leaking
:05:35. > :05:35.classified information that drove him through
:05:36. > :05:39.So despite today's dramatic twist in this long-running diplomatic and
:05:40. > :05:41.legal saga, tonight he is back inside.
:05:42. > :05:49.Helena Lee is outside the Ecudorian embassy where Julian Assange
:05:50. > :06:00.Helena, is there any chance of him leaving?
:06:01. > :06:08.I very much doubt it. I don't think his position has really changed very
:06:09. > :06:14.much, despite the news from Sweden this evening. When he appeared here
:06:15. > :06:19.on about Kenny, he spent some time posing for photographs, he spoke for
:06:20. > :06:23.about 20 minutes. But as we have seen before, he did not answer
:06:24. > :06:27.questions from journalists. He was asked if he would leave the embassy
:06:28. > :06:31.and there was no reply. He was asked if he would surrender to the bail
:06:32. > :06:36.hearing in London and he did not reply. He hinted at the end that he
:06:37. > :06:39.would be willing to have an open dialogue with America, but as
:06:40. > :06:44.Caroline hinted, if he leaves the embassy he will be arrested by The
:06:45. > :06:46.Met, and he faces the risk of being extradited to America. Now, Julian
:06:47. > :06:49.Assange remains here. There are divisions tonight
:06:50. > :06:51.within the Conservative Party over its manifesto commitment
:06:52. > :06:54.to means test winter fuel The Scottish Conservative
:06:55. > :06:56.leader, Ruth Davidson, said she was in favour of retaining
:06:57. > :06:59.the payment for all But the Prime Minister argued
:07:00. > :07:02.it was unfair that wealthy pensioners received the money,
:07:03. > :07:22.while some families were struggling. Would you trust are to keep things
:07:23. > :07:25.running, or run the economy? But has Theresa May dropped a spanning in
:07:26. > :07:28.the works by keeping people guessing about tax and spending plans, and
:07:29. > :07:32.keeping pensioners guessing about who would keep and who would lose
:07:33. > :07:37.the winter fuel allowance? She was not giving much away. We will ensure
:07:38. > :07:41.that the least well off pensioners are protected. At the moment, we see
:07:42. > :07:46.well off pensioners able to be supported with fuel bills, when
:07:47. > :07:50.struggling ordinary working families are not. I think there is a
:07:51. > :07:56.principle of fairness that underpins this. That is not how all Tories see
:07:57. > :08:02.it, especially Scottish Conservatives under Ruth Davidson,
:08:03. > :08:05.who greeted Mrs May in Edinburgh. The Scottish Tory manifesto says,
:08:06. > :08:09.social security devolution allows us to make different choices in
:08:10. > :08:12.Scotland, and so we will protect universal winter fuel payments for
:08:13. > :08:17.all older people, and they will not be subject to means testing. We
:08:18. > :08:30.believe there should not be means testing for the Winter Fuel Payment.
:08:31. > :08:33.The reason is, as many viewers will acknowledge, Scotland has a colder
:08:34. > :08:35.climate and the different amount of housing stock. Devolution allows
:08:36. > :08:37.different decisions. Mrs May's answer, she is writing policy south
:08:38. > :08:40.of the border. We have given Scotland significant powers in
:08:41. > :08:45.relation to welfare and they make a number of decisions about welfare
:08:46. > :08:49.benefits in Scotland. You are a breath of fresh air. More voters
:08:50. > :08:53.might feel the same, if Jeremy Corbyn's promise to protect the fuel
:08:54. > :08:57.allowance and pensions catches on. Labour has been attacked over tax
:08:58. > :09:02.and spending plans which critics say do not add up, but he is hitting
:09:03. > :09:06.back. She has caused a huge amount of anxiety. She has not set at what
:09:07. > :09:10.level she will change it. We think it should be kept and it will be
:09:11. > :09:16.kept under Labour, and it will be universal. Just one way for the SNP
:09:17. > :09:19.to go, right that Theresa May. Taking the Winter Fuel Payment away
:09:20. > :09:26.from pensioners who have paid in all their life is just wrong. The Winter
:09:27. > :09:31.Fuel Payment is not a kings ransom. Not all Tories south of Scotland
:09:32. > :09:35.with Mrs May on pensioners and policies like social care. One
:09:36. > :09:40.former minister said they would be opposing her, except there is an
:09:41. > :09:43.election on. Mrs May once more backing for potentially unpopular
:09:44. > :09:47.decisions if public money is tight after Brexit. You can bet she would
:09:48. > :09:52.hesitate to make risky promises if she was not confident of winning.
:09:53. > :09:56.The Tories look upbeat about the campaign, whether or not they always
:09:57. > :09:58.agree, but life could get tougher for them, for a lot of people
:09:59. > :10:00.afterwards, whoever wins. Well, while she was in Scotland
:10:01. > :10:03.today Theresa May refused to give more details about a manifesto
:10:04. > :10:05.pledge that a second Scottish independence referendum
:10:06. > :10:06.would not take place, unless there was "public
:10:07. > :10:09.consent" for it. Sarah, do we know what's meant
:10:10. > :10:26.by "public consent"? I asked exactly that, would she be
:10:27. > :10:30.relying on opinion polls, or if the SNP win a majority of seats in
:10:31. > :10:33.Scotland at the election, would that demonstrate public consent? And she
:10:34. > :10:37.would not define exactly how she would decide if there was public
:10:38. > :10:41.consent for another vote, and said she would rather we were not talking
:10:42. > :10:46.about independence at all because she thinks this debate could weaken
:10:47. > :10:50.her hand in Brexit negotiations, and accused the SNP of being obsessed
:10:51. > :10:55.with independence. Although it is the Tories in Scotland who are
:10:56. > :10:58.making another referendum central to their election campaign. They are
:10:59. > :11:01.handing out leaflets with "Independence" in block capital
:11:02. > :11:05.letters. They think by saying they are the only ones who can stop
:11:06. > :11:09.another referendum, they can attract unionist voters, while Nicola
:11:10. > :11:14.Sturgeon says that a vote for the SNP is about to make Scotland's
:11:15. > :11:18.voice heard. Theresa May absolutely ruled out the idea of giving her a
:11:19. > :11:21.seat at the Brexit negotiating table, saying that she, Theresa May,
:11:22. > :11:24.will negotiate for the whole of the UK.
:11:25. > :11:25.The former television star Rolf Harris has been
:11:26. > :11:27.released from prison, after serving nearly three
:11:28. > :11:31.The 87-year-old is currently on trial on four counts of alleged
:11:32. > :11:33.indecent assault against three teenagers between 1971 and 1983,
:11:34. > :11:36.He will attend the trial at Southwark Crown Court
:11:37. > :11:50.The serial killer Stephen Port was jailed for life last year
:11:51. > :11:54.Their bodies were all found outside his flat or in a churchyard nearby.
:11:55. > :11:57.Yet their deaths were not initially treated as murder,
:11:58. > :11:59.and detectives missed a number of chances to catch the killer.
:12:00. > :12:02.Now the families of the victims say they're dismayed by slow progress
:12:03. > :12:05.of an inquiry into why the police took so long to catch him.
:12:06. > :12:08.The graveyard in Barking that was Stephen Port's dumping
:12:09. > :12:11.ground for three of the bodies of the four men he killed
:12:12. > :12:16.His first victim was 23-year-old Anthony Walgate.
:12:17. > :12:22.Their families have been waiting for an investigation
:12:23. > :12:25.by the Independent Police Complaints Commission into why detectives
:12:26. > :12:28.failed to spot that there was a serial killer at work
:12:29. > :12:33.But this week they told me their patience has run out.
:12:34. > :12:38.I don't feel that the IPCC are in control of the investigation at all.
:12:39. > :12:41.I think it's the police dictating to what stage it
:12:42. > :12:46.goes, what pace it goes, which is disgusting.
:12:47. > :12:49.Stephen Port used dating apps to lure the men to his home.
:12:50. > :12:53.He then gave them lethal doses of GHB.
:12:54. > :12:57.His first victim, Anthony Walgate, was found at the door of his flat.
:12:58. > :13:01.The others, in nor near the local churchyard over the next 15 months.
:13:02. > :13:03.The police were asked on numerous occasions
:13:04. > :13:09.The IPCC investigation is designed to work out why detectives
:13:10. > :13:12.were so reluctant to connect them, but 20 months on, not a single
:13:13. > :13:19.The explanation for the further delay is an argument
:13:20. > :13:22.between the Independent Police Complaints Commission on the one
:13:23. > :13:25.side and the police officers, the Police Federation
:13:26. > :13:29.and their lawyers on the other side, over the amount of time it
:13:30. > :13:34.would take to go through the 7000 pages of evidence and 750 emails.
:13:35. > :13:37.But while the two sides argue, the families are getting no
:13:38. > :13:44.The IPCC denied that there has been a row, saying the officers have
:13:45. > :13:46.asked for time to understand and absorb the information that
:13:47. > :13:49.will be put to them in interview, which we've agreed,
:13:50. > :13:52.so that the evidence we collect from them is as robust
:13:53. > :13:57.It's very frustrating, disappointing, like you've been let
:13:58. > :14:03.We know we want answers to this and the IPCC dragging their heels
:14:04. > :14:09.The families really want to understand whether the men's
:14:10. > :14:12.murders were misinterpreted because they were gay,
:14:13. > :14:15.or for some other reason, and they are worried that the police
:14:16. > :14:18.officers' memories will fail further if they are not interviewed quickly.
:14:19. > :14:30.Prosecutors drop rape charges against WikiLeaks founder
:14:31. > :14:38.Julian Assange, but he remains in hiding in the Ecuadorian embassy.
:14:39. > :14:42.In the latest in our Your Election series, we hear the concerns
:14:43. > :14:51.Wimbledon won't have to make a decision on whether they hand
:14:52. > :14:55.The former champion has decided she will go through qualifying
:14:56. > :15:09.It's been a year since the ban on so-called "legal
:15:10. > :15:11.highs" came into effect, but they are still available
:15:12. > :15:23.Known as New Psychoactive Substances, or "Spice",
:15:24. > :15:27.the legal highs were made Class B drugs, which meant they had to be
:15:28. > :15:29.taken off the shelves on the High Street.
:15:30. > :15:32.They may not be visible now, but there are warnings that the sale
:15:33. > :15:36.of Spice has been driven underground as Jeremy Cooke reports.
:15:37. > :15:38.They are New Psychoactive Substances, NPS.
:15:39. > :15:40.Not so much a problem, more so an epidemic.
:15:41. > :15:50.It's got a psychological addiction you might associate with crack
:15:51. > :15:57.cocaine and the physical addiction and withdrawals that
:15:58. > :16:04.Just because they say it's illegal, doesn't mean you can't get it.
:16:05. > :16:06.That just makes people more determined to get it.
:16:07. > :16:08.In Edinburgh, the drug subculture has been all about heroin,
:16:09. > :16:12.So here, many chose not to smoke NPS, but to injected.
:16:13. > :16:13.Unbelievable, people losing their lives,
:16:14. > :16:28.That drug is the worst that I've ever used.
:16:29. > :16:31.Worse than heroin, worse than cocaine, worse than crack
:16:32. > :16:33.cocaine, worse than all of them put together, but better.
:16:34. > :16:42.We get a fair amount of drug use here.
:16:43. > :16:46.The street work charities average team are here to help.
:16:47. > :16:48.They've seen first-hand the devastation caused by NPS.
:16:49. > :16:51.Edinburgh was among the first cities in the UK to ban
:16:52. > :16:59.Even the users I've spoken to myself who now no longer use speak
:17:00. > :17:02.about how that was a terrible episode in her life,
:17:03. > :17:04.and they're glad that the ban has come into place.
:17:05. > :17:07.But NPS is still on the streets here, as users like Rab now know.
:17:08. > :17:12.I've lost numerous people over, and it is not nice.
:17:13. > :17:14.Friends have died, others have been left with terrible scars,
:17:15. > :17:23.the drug destroys the flesh where it's injected.
:17:24. > :17:26.A few of my mates have holes in their legs at the moment.
:17:27. > :17:33.A mega haul of seized Street spice at the headquarters of police
:17:34. > :17:39.Scotland's NPS Unit, the only one of its kind in the UK.
:17:40. > :17:42.Each one gram package costs a tenner, enough here for countless
:17:43. > :17:46.hits with a street value of hundreds of thousands of pounds.
:17:47. > :17:51.Even before the ban, Police Scotland had been working
:17:52. > :17:53.to take out assembly plants like this one,
:17:54. > :17:55.where NPS, brought in from China, was prepared and packaged,
:17:56. > :18:03.We will never arrest our way out of the issue
:18:04. > :18:06.It's about informing young people of the dangers
:18:07. > :18:08.these substances present, and making sure that they make
:18:09. > :18:17.as best an informed decision as possible.
:18:18. > :18:23.At Manchester Metropolitan University, they're preparing
:18:24. > :18:27.Early conclusions are that spice dealing has been driven underground,
:18:28. > :18:32.but it's still available and extremely dangerous.
:18:33. > :18:34.Some estimates suggest it is 700 times more potent than
:18:35. > :18:54.As soon as you take one street dealer is taken out, they just
:18:55. > :18:58.I don't think you can stop the street level dealing.
:18:59. > :19:00.And if you have dealers, you have this.
:19:01. > :19:02.For the young street homeless here, spice remains a clear
:19:03. > :19:04.It's made vulnerable people more vulnerable,
:19:05. > :19:07.people turning on each other, people who smoke together are now
:19:08. > :19:09.selling to each other, stealing from each other.
:19:10. > :19:13.People are being put out to beg to pay for the spice habit, it has
:19:14. > :19:17.For Beth, the ban on legal highs has been irrelevant.
:19:18. > :19:19.She's clean now, but just a couple of months ago,
:19:20. > :19:22.this 22-year-old single mum was on the street, and on the spice.
:19:23. > :19:24.I didn't wash, didn't clean my hair, didn't care about nothing.
:19:25. > :19:26.I wasn't bothered. It just took everything away.
:19:27. > :19:28.Banning doesn't work, what might work?
:19:29. > :19:31.I think you need to look at mental health and that.
:19:32. > :19:33.There is a reason why people wanting to smoke it,
:19:34. > :19:36.not just because it is banned, not because it is legal,
:19:37. > :19:38.not because it is illegal, there is a problem with that person.
:19:39. > :19:42.A year in, then, the ban is having mixed success.
:19:43. > :19:46.Spice is no longer on sale in high street shops.
:19:47. > :19:48.But the young and the homeless are still finding it,
:19:49. > :19:51.still learning that a new kind of high comes with
:19:52. > :20:01.A former youth team coach at Newcastle United has been charged
:20:02. > :20:04.George Ormond, who's 61, will appear in court next month
:20:05. > :20:07.following an investigation by Northumbria Police
:20:08. > :20:16.Danny Savage is outside St James' Park for us.
:20:17. > :20:22.When this investigation began at them end of last comment Newcastle
:20:23. > :20:26.United football club said they would cooperate fully with it. Since then,
:20:27. > :20:32.the allegations have been investigated by Northumbria Police.
:20:33. > :20:36.Today came the first charges against George Ormond, he is 61 years old,
:20:37. > :20:40.he used to be a youth coach here some years ago at Newcastle United.
:20:41. > :20:47.He also worked at other clubs in the area as well. He has been charged
:20:48. > :20:52.with 29 historical child sexual offences, dating back between 1973
:20:53. > :20:57.for the earliest, and 1998 for the most recent over a 25 year period.
:20:58. > :21:01.It is understood that the allegations have been made by 17
:21:02. > :21:06.different individuals, all of them are male. Mr Ormond will appear
:21:07. > :21:12.before Newcastle magistrates in June for the next part of this case.
:21:13. > :21:16.A local authority in greater Manchester has asked all funeral
:21:17. > :21:20.directors to reject any request to commit the body of the Moors
:21:21. > :21:25.murderer Ian Brady. Brady, who killed five children with Myra
:21:26. > :21:29.Hindley died on Monday. The council, which includes supper with more,
:21:30. > :21:30.once funeral directors to have no involvement in the disposal of his
:21:31. > :21:32.body. And throughout the campaign we've
:21:33. > :21:36.been asking voters what issues are important to them,
:21:37. > :21:40.and what they'd like to see changed. Today, it's the turn
:21:41. > :21:42.of Thorrun Govind, a pharmacist from Bolton, who's been
:21:43. > :21:57.talking to Amol Rajan. We are helping bridge the gap
:21:58. > :22:02.between health and social care. We are a vital resource, and we want to
:22:03. > :22:04.keep providing the service we do. I am a community pharmacist based in
:22:05. > :22:16.the Northwest. This is an election issue because if
:22:17. > :22:21.the cuts to community pharmacy, which impact our patients, so if we
:22:22. > :22:28.are worried about the NHS, we should worry about community pharmacy and
:22:29. > :22:30.the part it plays within the NHS. Pharmacists and pharmacies are
:22:31. > :22:34.really pressurised environment at the moment, and we are trying to do
:22:35. > :22:39.the best for the patient, but it is also a safety issue. We are not
:22:40. > :22:41.handing out apples and pears, we are handing out drugs that can
:22:42. > :22:47.potentially kill someone. We need to make sure that pharmacies are
:22:48. > :22:51.provided appropriate funding to have the right amount of staff to make
:22:52. > :22:56.sure we can be safe. With community pharmacies, the clue is in the name.
:22:57. > :23:00.The great thing about pharmacies is they tend to be in areas where there
:23:01. > :23:04.is high health inequalities, so if we weren't here, I wonder where the
:23:05. > :23:12.patients would go and how they would fare. Brexit poses new challenges.
:23:13. > :23:18.Brexit is going to impact our community pharmacy. Some of the
:23:19. > :23:20.regulations, such as the EU. Medicines directive, which involves
:23:21. > :23:25.scanning every item into the pharmacy, will have a big impact on
:23:26. > :23:30.staffing. We require extra staff to do that. How can we do that with the
:23:31. > :23:34.cuts? What does the future look like for community pharmacies like this?
:23:35. > :23:39.It looks bleak. We will have pharmacy closures. We don't know how
:23:40. > :23:46.many will close, but it will impact on the NHS, because more people will
:23:47. > :23:52.visit a any -- A Some of the vulnerable patients will suffer.
:23:53. > :23:57.With weeks to go, she is clear on what basis she will cast her vote.
:23:58. > :24:00.If I can find a party that will support local community pharmacies
:24:01. > :24:04.and value the work that we do in helping save money for the NHS, and
:24:05. > :24:05.helping provide for our patients, there may have definitely got my
:24:06. > :24:08.vote. And if you want to find out more
:24:09. > :24:11.about the different policies the parties are offering you,
:24:12. > :24:17.or indeed find out how to contact us with an issue you want exploring,
:24:18. > :24:20.then do go to our website, Football now and Celtic
:24:21. > :24:25.are on the verge of If they win or draw their last
:24:26. > :24:37.Scottish Premiership match this weekend,
:24:38. > :24:39.they will have been unbeaten When they first stepped out
:24:40. > :24:48.last August, A season the like of
:24:49. > :24:52.which football has rarely seen. Nine months, 37 games,
:24:53. > :24:54.not one single defeat. Last night's thrashing
:24:55. > :24:55.of Partick put Celtic a chance to become
:24:56. > :25:02.the New Invincibles. I think any football coach,
:25:03. > :25:05.manager, player will tell It doesn't matter what country
:25:06. > :25:10.it's in, what league it's in, it's a huge testament
:25:11. > :25:14.to the professionalism, and the quality
:25:15. > :25:18.and the mentality of the squad. In England, Arsenal won the league
:25:19. > :25:22.unbeaten in 2004, but in Scotland, Here on Sunday, Celtic
:25:23. > :25:33.could break a host of records. So far, they've scored some
:25:34. > :25:38.104 goals and notched up 103 points. But perhaps most remarkably,
:25:39. > :25:41.they're some 30 points clear It could be the biggest
:25:42. > :25:45.title winning margin in history. The decline of Rangers has
:25:46. > :25:51.left Celtic with little competition. Ali McCoist right through
:25:52. > :25:57.the Celtic defence... And one of Scottish football's most
:25:58. > :26:03.famous voices fears for the future. And it looks as if Rangers
:26:04. > :26:06.are going to be out of it for quite some time,
:26:07. > :26:10.because of lack of money, and only their big support keeps them going.
:26:11. > :26:16.So yes, it has been far too easy. And people will have to admit,
:26:17. > :26:18.they're beginning to lose interest. Exactly 50 years since the so-called
:26:19. > :26:25.Lisbon Lions won the European Cup, they could have another team
:26:26. > :26:27.of history makers, the league champions in a league of their own.
:26:28. > :26:32.Andy Swiss, BBC News, Celtic Park. Time for a look at the weather.
:26:33. > :26:51.Here's Sarah Keith-Lucas. Sunday should be a decent day, a
:26:52. > :26:57.mixed forecast. Some sunshine, this is Somerset earlier in the day, a
:26:58. > :27:01.lot of heavy showers around, too. Humanists clouds producing the
:27:02. > :27:07.showers, you can see it in the images. Further east, more
:27:08. > :27:12.persistent rain, and an area of cloud. This was Nottinghamshire.
:27:13. > :27:16.Cloud and rain, the rain is now pushing its way northwards. We will
:27:17. > :27:21.see rain across North East England, eastern Scotland, too. Elsewhere,
:27:22. > :27:26.heavy and thundery showers ease away through the evening and overnight,
:27:27. > :27:30.too. Saturday morning, many of us with clear skies, dry and quite a
:27:31. > :27:34.fresh start to the day. There will be the around from the word go,
:27:35. > :27:39.particularly in northern and eastern parts of Scotland. A soggy day to
:27:40. > :27:43.come, here. Elsewhere, another day of sunshine and showers. The showers
:27:44. > :27:46.tomorrow are hit and miss, but they will be at times heavy and thundery
:27:47. > :27:52.through the course of the afternoon. Not a bad day between the showers.
:27:53. > :27:57.Warm sunshine, 18 or so, but keep the brolly close to hand. Sunday,
:27:58. > :28:00.most showers fade away. The better day of the weekend for most of us.
:28:01. > :28:06.If you showers in the north-west, but might wind, temperature is not
:28:07. > :28:11.doing badly, up to 20 by the time we get to Sunday. And we have fine and
:28:12. > :28:15.settled weather for the week ahead. Through the weekend, here is your
:28:16. > :28:20.summary, heavy showers, some sunshine through Saturday, fewer
:28:21. > :28:24.showers, dry through the day on Sunday and it. To feel warmer, too.
:28:25. > :28:34.Those temperatures creep up a few degrees into the new working week.
:28:35. > :28:39.Swedish prosecutors dropped a long-running rate investigation into
:28:40. > :28:41.WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, but he remains holed up tonight in
:28:42. > :28:43.the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. That's all from the BBC News at Six,
:28:44. > :28:46.so it's goodbye from me. And on BBC One, we now join
:28:47. > :28:48.the BBC's news teams where you are.