:00:00. > :00:07.Tonight at Six - Scotland's First minister postpones her plans
:00:08. > :00:12.For a second independence referendum.
:00:13. > :00:14.Nicola Sturgeon's SNP lost 21 seats in the general election -
:00:15. > :00:22.The Scottish Government will reset the plan I set
:00:23. > :00:28.We will not seek to introduce the legislation
:00:29. > :00:33.for an independence referendum immediately.
:00:34. > :00:36.Opponents argue that the SNP's obsession with independence has
:00:37. > :00:41.She appears to be in denial about her mistakes
:00:42. > :00:45.And, as a result, is leaking credibility and confidence
:00:46. > :00:52.We'll be asking where this leaves the drive
:00:53. > :01:00.Now it's nearly 100 tower blocks that fail fire tests -
:01:01. > :01:03.ministers ask experts to give immediate advice.
:01:04. > :01:06.Little Charlie Gard is terminally ill -
:01:07. > :01:08.his parents lose their final legal battle to give him experimental
:01:09. > :01:16.Maxing out our credit cards - a warning from the Bank of England
:01:17. > :01:17.about forgetting the lessons of the past.
:01:18. > :01:24.Google faces a record fine from the EU competition watchdog,
:01:25. > :01:27.over ?2 billion, for being unfair to other companies.
:01:28. > :01:30.And coming up in Sportsday on BBC News, England's women post a
:01:31. > :01:32.record-breaking total of 377 in their World Cup
:01:33. > :02:01.Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.
:02:02. > :02:04.Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has had to backtrack
:02:05. > :02:06.on her plans to push for a second independence referendum
:02:07. > :02:14.Today's decision follows the general election in which her SNP
:02:15. > :02:17.Ruth Davidson, the leader of the Scottish Conservatives,
:02:18. > :02:19.said Ms Sturgeon was - as she put it - "leaking
:02:20. > :02:28.Here's our Scotland editor Sarah Smith.
:02:29. > :02:34.Nicola Sturgeon may not look like a woman thwarted. But she cannot now
:02:35. > :02:38.march ahead with her plans for an independence referendum, admitting
:02:39. > :02:43.today that voters have rejected that idea and she has had to think again.
:02:44. > :02:48.Having listened and reflected, the Scottish Government will reset the
:02:49. > :02:52.plan that I set out on March the 13th. We will not seek to introduce
:02:53. > :03:00.the legislation for an independence referendum immediately. Instead, we
:03:01. > :03:04.will, in good faith, redouble our efforts and put our shoulder to the
:03:05. > :03:10.wheel in seeking to influence the Brexit talks in a way that protect
:03:11. > :03:13.Scotland's interests. She wants to keep open the option of a referendum
:03:14. > :03:18.after the Brexit deal is cleared. The Tories want her to abandon her
:03:19. > :03:22.plans completely. I'm afraid to say that that statement will fail to
:03:23. > :03:25.give any assurance to those people that this First Minister is
:03:26. > :03:29.listening to them. Instead, she appears to be in denial about her
:03:30. > :03:32.mistakes about this over the past year and, as a result, is leaking
:03:33. > :03:36.credibility and confidence in her leadership by the hour. Nicola
:03:37. > :03:40.Sturgeon's message today is that she is listening to voters and she
:03:41. > :03:44.understands they don't want another independence referendum any time
:03:45. > :03:47.soon. But she has not taken it completely off the table and she
:03:48. > :03:54.says that she will continue to argue the case for why Scotland should be
:03:55. > :04:00.an independent country. Yes! In 2014, 40 5% of Scots voted yes to
:04:01. > :04:04.independence. Support remains much the same today. The SNP know that
:04:05. > :04:07.they'll have to make a fresh case if they are ever to win an independence
:04:08. > :04:15.referendum. And they will have to pick their timing of another vote
:04:16. > :04:19.carefully. Well, it is common sense, I think another referendum would be
:04:20. > :04:26.a disaster for Scotland. I am an SNP supporter, but I think it would make
:04:27. > :04:30.no sense, given the current political climate, it makes no sense
:04:31. > :04:34.for the SNP to move forward with a vote on it just now. I think we
:04:35. > :04:39.should have a vote on it, put it to the public and let them have a vote
:04:40. > :04:44.on it. The Scottish Greens back to the SNP call for an early referendum
:04:45. > :04:48.and do not want to see the timetable slip. If we wait until autumn next
:04:49. > :04:51.year or even later, we will be well out of the European Union before the
:04:52. > :04:56.people of Scotland have the chance to say whether they consent to that.
:04:57. > :04:59.Scotland has not consented to leave the European Union or to have our
:05:00. > :05:04.rights and protections as European citizens torn up without our
:05:05. > :05:07.consent. Hollywood today heard Nicola Sturgeon says she was
:05:08. > :05:12.responding to voters that do not want an independence vote, but also
:05:13. > :05:15.that she has not given up the fight. Hear opponents say she is not
:05:16. > :05:17.listening. Her party hope there is no more than a rain check, just a
:05:18. > :05:25.temporary delay. Has Nicola Sturgeon performed a
:05:26. > :05:29.U-turn? She has abandoned a clear timetable she set out for Scotland
:05:30. > :05:34.to have a vote on independence before the UK leaves the EU in March
:05:35. > :05:42.2019. But she has not completely abandoned the idea of a referendum.
:05:43. > :05:45.That is why she is facing people who say she is in denial. But the SNP
:05:46. > :05:51.did not want to take the referendum of the table. They think that once
:05:52. > :05:53.the terms of leaving the European Union are clear, they believe that
:05:54. > :05:56.support for a referendum will grow. Another day and another rise
:05:57. > :05:59.in the number of tower blocks around the country that have failed
:06:00. > :06:02.fire tests - it's now 95 buildings in more than 30
:06:03. > :06:06.councils in England. The Government has appointed a panel
:06:07. > :06:09.of experts to give advice on the immediate changes that can be
:06:10. > :06:11.made to avoid another Here's our home
:06:12. > :06:20.editor, Mark Easton. The Grenfell Tower fire is turning
:06:21. > :06:24.from sickening tragedy international scandal. The blaze appears to be
:06:25. > :06:31.exposing hidden risks and confusion over fire safety that stretches
:06:32. > :06:35.across the country. Every sample of cladding from 95 tower blocks,
:06:36. > :06:39.across 32 English local authorities, has now failed government tests,
:06:40. > :06:43.although the Communities Department, Who Ordered The Testing, Has Named
:06:44. > :06:51.Only 20 Councils. The Prime Minister Says There Needs To Be A Major
:06:52. > :06:54.National Investigation. What we have seen in tower blocks across the
:06:55. > :07:00.country is that we have so far seen 100% of the materials being
:07:01. > :07:05.combustible. Something is clearly gone wrong over a number of years
:07:06. > :07:08.and we need to find out what, why and how to make sure it doesn't
:07:09. > :07:12.happen again. But there are questions about the testing process.
:07:13. > :07:16.Cladding from this block in Norwich failed the Government test last
:07:17. > :07:20.week. I am struggling to understand how it failed... But the housing
:07:21. > :07:24.association which owns it says the cladding past the fire test when it
:07:25. > :07:28.was installed. The certificate describes the panels as low risk,
:07:29. > :07:31.class zero. But the government now says they are class three, so
:07:32. > :07:39.dangerous they must be removed immediately. How come the test on
:07:40. > :07:42.Friday moved from class 02 plus three? We can only presume what they
:07:43. > :07:46.did in the test, because we haven't been told yet. All we have had is a
:07:47. > :07:49.telephone call on Friday evening saying the product have failed the
:07:50. > :07:55.test, and what were we going to do about it? The BBC has learned that
:07:56. > :07:58.only weeks before the tragedy, the Fire Service warned every London
:07:59. > :08:05.council that tower block cladding might be much more dangerous than
:08:06. > :08:09.realised if it had a flammable core. A new panel of fire and building
:08:10. > :08:13.safety expert is now advising the Government on immediate steps to
:08:14. > :08:18.take. Peter Bonfield is one of those experts, who also heads the Building
:08:19. > :08:22.Research Establishment conducting the cladding tests for ministers.
:08:23. > :08:27.The Government want to be able to screen and inform local authorities,
:08:28. > :08:30.housing associations and private landlords around the country, to
:08:31. > :08:33.inform them about whether or not they have this system on the
:08:34. > :08:40.outside. It doesn't mean the building is unsafe. But it is a
:08:41. > :08:42.helpful information that then stimulates inspections and other
:08:43. > :08:49.things that will help determine the risk or otherwise to the building.
:08:50. > :08:52.Many questions remain, however. As the combustibility test been
:08:53. > :08:57.changed? Traditional testing for product certification checks the
:08:58. > :09:00.cladding panel has a whole. At the government test focuses specifically
:09:01. > :09:06.on the core material inside it. Why test just aluminium cladding? There
:09:07. > :09:11.are other kinds of cladding. What about insulation and firebreaks in
:09:12. > :09:15.the cavity behind it? It seems odd to look at just one part of the
:09:16. > :09:19.tower block's fire safety. And what about the building as a whole?
:09:20. > :09:23.Official regulations may allow some combustible elements if the tower
:09:24. > :09:27.block's whole design system is deemed fire resistant enough.
:09:28. > :09:30.Residents in some private tower blocks, like these in Newcastle,
:09:31. > :09:35.want tests on their homes. The Mayor of London fears some hospital
:09:36. > :09:40.buildings by not be safe enough. From this charred skeleton, a toxic
:09:41. > :09:42.cloud of uncertainty and anxiety has drifted across the country. Mark
:09:43. > :09:45.Easton, BBC News. The governor of the Bank of England
:09:46. > :09:48.has issued a warning about the amount of money banks
:09:49. > :09:50.are lending to us. It comes as consumer
:09:51. > :09:52.borrowing reaches its In fact, Mark Carney
:09:53. > :09:55.is concerned enough to ask banks to beef-up their finances to protect
:09:56. > :09:57.themselves against He told banks that they were in
:09:58. > :10:02.danger of "forgetting Here's our economics
:10:03. > :10:08.editor Kamal Ahmed. Dylan Brown works in IT -
:10:09. > :10:11.not badly paid, but often resorts Consumers working hard to make ends
:10:12. > :10:18.meet who are borrowing to fill the gaps and pay
:10:19. > :10:21.for those little extras. Just because obviously older,
:10:22. > :10:27.you know, renting a property, I have a car, I have a career
:10:28. > :10:30.and everything else, Turning to credit more
:10:31. > :10:36.so than a few years ago, yes, I wouldn't say that
:10:37. > :10:43.that would be the case. It's not a crisis yet, but today
:10:44. > :10:48.a warning from the Bank of England. Consumer credit growth has far
:10:49. > :10:51.outpaced that of household income over the past year,
:10:52. > :10:53.with notable increases across credit cards,
:10:54. > :10:57.personal loans and to finance. So how bad is Britain's
:10:58. > :11:02.debt problem? The amount consumers have borrowed
:11:03. > :11:04.in loans on things like credit cards has risen
:11:05. > :11:08.to ?198 billion. That is up 10% compared
:11:09. > :11:12.with the same time last year. Banks will now have
:11:13. > :11:15.to raise another ?11.4 billion as a safety net, in case
:11:16. > :11:18.people they have lent to don't pay I think Mark Carney
:11:19. > :11:24.wants to be proactive. He did talk of increasing additional
:11:25. > :11:27.capital a year ago, but he held off And I think he wants to make sure
:11:28. > :11:32.the banks also are reminded they have to be more cautious
:11:33. > :11:34.in their consumer lending, given the speed
:11:35. > :11:37.at which their loan books have grown To buy new cars with
:11:38. > :11:42.personal finance deals, loans for holidays and home
:11:43. > :11:45.improvements, and with spending on our credit cards in
:11:46. > :11:51.the shops and online. I think this is an amber warning,
:11:52. > :11:55.for consumers and for banks. Not the flashing red lights
:11:56. > :11:58.of the financial crisis - when interest rates were higher and
:11:59. > :12:02.banks, frankly, couldn't withstand any type of financial shock -
:12:03. > :12:04.but a warning nevertheless. Could millions of people
:12:05. > :12:10.with billions of pounds' worth of loans keep
:12:11. > :12:15.making those repayments? income squeeze or those tricky
:12:16. > :12:22.Brexit negotiations which could The governor struck a fairly
:12:23. > :12:27.relaxed note for the moment, but banks and consumers
:12:28. > :12:30.beware - the economy can turn. Judges at the European Court
:12:31. > :12:37.of Human Rights have rejected a plea from the parents of terminally-ill
:12:38. > :12:39.baby Charlie Gard to Chris Gard and Connie Yates
:12:40. > :12:44.lost their final legal bid to take their son
:12:45. > :12:48.to the US for treatment. The court concluded that undergoing
:12:49. > :12:50.experimental treatment with no prospects of success
:12:51. > :12:51.would continue to cause Our medical editor Fergus
:12:52. > :13:08.Walsh is with me now. A really sad case. What happens now?
:13:09. > :13:13.This is the end of the road, legally. It means at some point,
:13:14. > :13:15.possibly in the next couple of days, the medical team at Great Ormond
:13:16. > :13:20.Street Hospital will switch off the mechanical ventilator which keeps
:13:21. > :13:25.Charlie alive. They will give him palliative care and he will be
:13:26. > :13:29.allowed to die. That will not happen until his parents have had some time
:13:30. > :13:36.to be with him. It is what all of the doctors, all of the medical team
:13:37. > :13:41.at great Ormond Street have wanted for months, and what every judge in
:13:42. > :13:47.the UK says should happen, and what all of the independent experts have
:13:48. > :13:50.said, including a Guardian appointed to represent Charlie. A lot of
:13:51. > :13:56.people will be saying to give them one more chance? I realise that,
:13:57. > :14:00.what an 80,000 people raised ?1.3 million in crowdfunding for this
:14:01. > :14:05.experimental treatment in the United States. Charlie is desperately ill,
:14:06. > :14:11.terminally ill. He cannot move, he cannot swallow. He has severe brain
:14:12. > :14:14.damage. The European Court backed UK judges, who they said were
:14:15. > :14:18.meticulous and thorough, that exposing him to treatment which
:14:19. > :14:23.could not help him was futile and would simply expose him to continued
:14:24. > :14:24.suffering and distress, and so he should be allowed to die with
:14:25. > :14:32.dignity. Thank you very much. Politicians in Northern Ireland
:14:33. > :14:34.are locked in intense talks about forming a new
:14:35. > :14:36.coalition government The deal is dependent
:14:37. > :14:40.on the two biggest parties - the Democratic Unionists
:14:41. > :14:48.and Sinn Fein - resolving Stormont parties have been warned if
:14:49. > :14:51.they cannot reach agreement, direct rule from Westminster could follow.
:14:52. > :14:54.The US technology giant Google has been fined more than ?2 billion
:14:55. > :14:58.by the European Commission for breaking competition laws.
:14:59. > :15:01.It ruled that the company had abused its dominance as a search
:15:02. > :15:03.engine by promoting its own shopping comparison service.
:15:04. > :15:06.The company says it is considering an appeal.
:15:07. > :15:14.Our technology correspondent Rory Cellan Jones reports.
:15:15. > :15:22.It's the giant which dominates online search and now it's been hit
:15:23. > :15:28.with a record fine. Over ?2 billion. Rivals claimed that Google had
:15:29. > :15:32.trampled on their business. The fine was imposed by Europe's competition
:15:33. > :15:38.commissioner, gaining a reputation for taking an powerful American
:15:39. > :15:43.technology firms. Google has abused its market dominance as a search
:15:44. > :15:49.engine giving illegal advantages to other Google products. Its shopping
:15:50. > :15:56.comparison service. The charges that it uses search engine might to
:15:57. > :16:00.favour its own shopping services. Let's put toaster into the box.
:16:01. > :16:06.Right at the top appears the Google box with a series of adverts. If I
:16:07. > :16:11.click on these, Google earns money. What you are not seeing, way down,
:16:12. > :16:15.out of sight, a rival price comparison sites. They are not
:16:16. > :16:21.getting the clicks and not earning the money. One of those rivals says
:16:22. > :16:25.that today's fine is good news for shoppers. Without competition,
:16:26. > :16:31.Google can charge merchants what they like for advertising. With
:16:32. > :16:37.competition, you end up with lots of companies competing on prices which
:16:38. > :16:40.brings the price down. Google says big rivals like Amazon provide
:16:41. > :16:45.plenty of competition when it comes to choosing products and Brussels
:16:46. > :16:58.doesn't understand the modern consumer. The search firm said...
:16:59. > :17:12.Get your products on Google, other sites... There is concern at what
:17:13. > :17:22.firms see as interference. They say consumers won't benefit. If you are
:17:23. > :17:26.so big, be careful about innovating because you could bring down the
:17:27. > :17:32.raft of the European Commission. Why do you want to risk that? For more
:17:33. > :17:36.than a decade, the European Commission has been taking on
:17:37. > :17:39.technology giants and today it makes clear that its battle against what
:17:40. > :17:41.it sees as an fair competition will continue.
:17:42. > :17:53.Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has backtracked on her
:17:54. > :17:54.plans to push for a second independence referendum as early as
:17:55. > :18:05.next year. And the flight of a lifetime for one
:18:06. > :18:07.of Germany's most decorated Second World War pilots.
:18:08. > :18:12.plenty of tries but the British and Ireland Lions blow a 14-point lead
:18:13. > :18:19.to draw the final midweek match of their tour to New Zealand.
:18:20. > :18:23.The bullying of pupils for being gay, lesbian
:18:24. > :18:26.or transgender in secondary schools in Britain needs to be urgently
:18:27. > :18:31.They say although the number of incidents has fallen
:18:32. > :18:37.A study by the University of Cambridge - which was commissioned
:18:38. > :18:40.by the gay rights charity, Stonewall - says almost half of gay
:18:41. > :18:42.pupils who were questioned said they were bullied.
:18:43. > :18:50.More than 60% had self harmed and about one in five had tried
:18:51. > :18:53.Our education editor Branwen Jeffreys has the story.
:18:54. > :18:58.So, someone who is sexually attracted to all the sexes,
:18:59. > :19:04.Giving them the facts - not advice - to understand themselves and others.
:19:05. > :19:09.Getting rid of the prejudice that leads to bullying.
:19:10. > :19:17.If we can create a culture that has a strong empathy towards others then
:19:18. > :19:23.we can challenge the attitudes that people might have and by overcoming
:19:24. > :19:31.any prejudice that way, that can also prevent any homophobic comments
:19:32. > :19:35.in the school. From cracking down on bullying to hearing talks from
:19:36. > :19:46.trans-pupils, this Somerset school is building tolerance. Nobody is
:19:47. > :19:50.superior to another person. You can't... Diversity has no limits.
:19:51. > :19:57.Some of these pupils are anti-bullying mentors supporting
:19:58. > :20:02.others and being supported. I was with a partner of the same-sex and
:20:03. > :20:05.we were treated like any other couple in the school. That's a
:20:06. > :20:11.lovely thing to be to experience. Far too many schools aren't doing
:20:12. > :20:17.enough to help Jean Agers who are grappling with their sexuality or
:20:18. > :20:22.gender. -- teenagers. That puts them at risk of self harm or even
:20:23. > :20:23.attempting to take their own life. Teenagers told the charity
:20:24. > :20:48.Stonewall... Some parents could he has supported
:20:49. > :20:57.as you like... Abbey was outed at school and it was among her darkest
:20:58. > :21:01.day. I felt it was like I didn't want to be here. There was no help.
:21:02. > :21:07.I felt like a freak and it felt horrible. Looking back at it now,
:21:08. > :21:12.why did I feel that way? Today, promise of better support. Mental
:21:13. > :21:15.health training for teachers in all secondary schools.
:21:16. > :21:18.In the last few hours, multi-national companies around
:21:19. > :21:21.the world say they've been hit by a major cyber attack.
:21:22. > :21:25.It began in Ukraine and Russia, before spreading to countries
:21:26. > :21:27.including France, Denmark, and the UK.
:21:28. > :21:30.Our Security Correspondent, Gordon Corera, is here,
:21:31. > :21:36.what do we know about this current attack?
:21:37. > :21:43.Initially the first reports came out of Ukraine and it looked quite
:21:44. > :21:48.serious there with airports, the bank, the Metro head. It looked
:21:49. > :21:53.quite localised. Then reports of it spreading started to appear. We
:21:54. > :22:00.heard about a Russian oil reducer being hit. We hurt about -- heard
:22:01. > :22:05.about the port of Rotterdam being hit and an advertising firm in
:22:06. > :22:10.London. Clearly it is spreading. What users are faced with when they
:22:11. > :22:18.open them is a screen saying they have been locked out and they need
:22:19. > :22:23.to pay a ransom to be let back into their computers. It is similar to
:22:24. > :22:34.the ransomware that hit the NHS last month. It seems to be spreading
:22:35. > :22:39.pretty fast but the NHS says they have no sign so far of NHS trusts
:22:40. > :22:43.being affected. It's a question of waiting and watching to see how far
:22:44. > :22:47.this has spread and what disruption it causes.
:22:48. > :22:53.The treatment of more than seventeen hundred NHS patients in England may
:22:54. > :22:56.have been put at risk by what's been described as a "colossal"
:22:57. > :23:00.The National Audit Office has found that over five years hundreds
:23:01. > :23:01.of thousands of documents - including cancer diagnoses
:23:02. > :23:05.and other test results - were left to pile up in a warehouse
:23:06. > :23:06.instead of being sent to hospitals or GPs.
:23:07. > :23:09.Here's our health editor Hugh Pym with the story.
:23:10. > :23:12.They were important letters from hospitals to GPs with test
:23:13. > :23:18.But they piled up in a warehouse and hundreds, possibly thousands
:23:19. > :23:26.For something like this to happen on such a scale,
:23:27. > :23:30.and to be so prolonged, is completely unacceptable.
:23:31. > :23:34.In January 2014, the company handling the letters became aware
:23:35. > :23:38.of a risk to patients, but didn't reveal it.
:23:39. > :23:41.In August 2015, a member of staff raised concerns some records
:23:42. > :23:47.In March 2016, the company finally informed NHS England
:23:48. > :23:50.and the Department of Health - but neither Parliament or the public
:23:51. > :23:56.We are shocked on behalf of patients, that such
:23:57. > :24:02.And, to add to that, the lack of transparency
:24:03. > :24:12.Doctors are going through them to check whether patient
:24:13. > :24:19.A Department of Health spokesperson said no cases of harm to patients
:24:20. > :24:23.had been identified so far and that work was continuing with NHS England
:24:24. > :24:28.to ensure this didn't happen again, with officials mindful
:24:29. > :24:32.In the Commons, the Health Secretary said mistakes couldn't
:24:33. > :24:37.What we can do is make sure we react quickly when that happens,
:24:38. > :24:40.which happened on this occasion, but we can also make sure
:24:41. > :24:43.that we have better assurance than we had on this occasion.
:24:44. > :24:45.And I can assure the House that the appropriate
:24:46. > :24:49.But Labour said it was a shambolic catalogue of failure.
:24:50. > :24:56.One of Germany's most highly decorated Second World War pilots
:24:57. > :25:04.has achieved a long held ambition - to fly in a Spitfire.
:25:05. > :25:06.95-year-old Hugo Broch took to the skies over Kent,
:25:07. > :25:09.where the RAF held the line during the Battle of Britain.
:25:10. > :25:11.Robert Hall has been talking to him.
:25:12. > :25:18.heralding the meeting of a great machine with a great pilot.
:25:19. > :25:22.During his career, mostly on the Russian Front,
:25:23. > :25:39.Hugo Broch was credited with 81 victories in 324 missions.
:25:40. > :25:43.Every German squadron had heard of the Spitfire,
:25:44. > :25:46.Herr Broch had waited most of his life to fly in one.
:25:47. > :25:47.TRANSLATION: The Spitfire was greatly respected.
:25:48. > :25:50.With these machines you have a great chance of feeling free
:25:51. > :25:54.And I expect to get that feeling again today.
:25:55. > :25:57.The Spitfire gained its iconic status during the summer of 1940
:25:58. > :26:05.when the RAF fought to hold off an invasion.
:26:06. > :26:08.There is still debate whether whether the planes or the pilots won
:26:09. > :26:11.As his ground crew hurried to scramble this Spitfire
:26:12. > :26:13.ahead of the approaching rain clouds, Herr Broch clearly
:26:14. > :26:21.The flight was captured by documentary cameras so we can share
:26:22. > :26:23.Herr Broch's delight as he soared above the Kent Hills.
:26:24. > :26:25.He declined an offer to take the controls,
:26:26. > :26:28.saying that in this case he was just a back-seat driver.
:26:29. > :26:39.TRANSLATION: The Spitfire is an excellent aircraft and I had an
:26:40. > :26:44.I remember how fantastic it is to be able to fly.
:26:45. > :26:48.On one question, Herr Broch was adamant.
:26:49. > :26:51.The aircraft he flew all those years ago were still the best.
:26:52. > :27:10.A bit of a shock to the system, this rain. A bit like summer came to the
:27:11. > :27:18.abrupt end and autumn is knocking on the door. At a warning if you're
:27:19. > :27:23.travelling across south-eastern areas. There will be spray on the
:27:24. > :27:29.roads, miserable conditions at times. You can see this lump of rain
:27:30. > :27:32.heading towards the south-east, it's already brought quite a bit of rain
:27:33. > :27:39.to the coast and there is more to come. That needs to barrel through
:27:40. > :27:45.to the south-east of East Anglia. Earlier, the heavy rain in the North
:27:46. > :27:50.has fizzled out. The wet weather will be across central and eastern
:27:51. > :27:55.areas tonight. By five o'clock in the morning, still pretty warm in
:27:56. > :28:00.the south. 16 degrees in the south. A lot fresher further north at 11.
:28:01. > :28:06.This low pressure is here to stay all week but not raining every
:28:07. > :28:11.single day. There are various areas of rain travelling and moving to
:28:12. > :28:15.different parts of the country. Tomorrow, this area is moving
:28:16. > :28:19.northwards and westwards so it will be stuck across this central swathe
:28:20. > :28:25.of the UK from Lincolnshire to the north-east. In the South tomorrow,
:28:26. > :28:30.it is going to be a better day and it's also going to be a better day
:28:31. > :28:37.across Scotland. The bit in the middle will have worse weather. That
:28:38. > :28:42.rain quite heavy at times. Then the rain moves back into Scotland on
:28:43. > :28:46.Thursday. From Aberdeen to Edinburgh, some rain. It could
:28:47. > :28:53.improve a little bit by Thursday in the south-east. The south-east
:28:54. > :28:57.experiencing the worst day today and this evening. The outlook is looking
:28:58. > :29:02.drier and brighter. Strongly suggesting that it is not looking
:29:03. > :29:03.ideal this weekend. Thanks very much.
:29:04. > :29:14.Nicola Sturgeon has had to backtrack on her plans to push for a second
:29:15. > :29:22.independence referendum as early as next year. That's all from the BBC
:29:23. > :29:23.News at six. So it's goodbye from