:00:08. > :00:10.The rising tide of knife crime in Britain -
:00:11. > :00:20.and why police say they can't deal with it on their own.
:00:21. > :00:25.Paula had a call from her daughter stating her 15-year-old grandson has
:00:26. > :00:27.been stabbed. Caller is hysterical. On patrol in Birmingham -
:00:28. > :00:30.the knife is this country's number one murder weapon -
:00:31. > :00:32.and they're wielded by children. We need to step right back,
:00:33. > :00:34.and that's eight year olds, nine year olds, and guide them
:00:35. > :00:37.in a better direction We'll be looking at efforts
:00:38. > :00:41.to change attitudes to knife crime. It's three weeks since
:00:42. > :00:44.the Grenfell Tower disaster - just 14 households have been
:00:45. > :00:53.found satisfactory accommodation. A damning report on how police
:00:54. > :00:55.treated a disabled refugee before he was murdered -
:00:56. > :01:00.racial bias may have played a part. A vision of the future -
:01:01. > :01:03.Volvo becomes the first major car maker to say it will phase out
:01:04. > :01:05.petrol and diesel -only A tough match and a thrilling
:01:06. > :01:16.end takes Joanna Konta We'll have all the latest from a big
:01:17. > :01:23.day for the British players Join me for Wimbledon
:01:24. > :01:49.Sportsday at 6:30. Good evening and welcome
:01:50. > :01:52.to the BBC News at Six. Knife crime is now one
:01:53. > :01:55.of the greatest challenges facing In fact, the knife is Britain's
:01:56. > :02:01.number one murder weapon. The figures are all the more
:02:02. > :02:04.shocking because increasingly both victims and perpetrators are young -
:02:05. > :02:09.children and teenagers. Last year nearly 32,500 knife crimes
:02:10. > :02:12.were committed in England and Wales. That figure was up 14%
:02:13. > :02:17.on the previous year. Senior police officers say
:02:18. > :02:19.there needs to be a change Our Home Affairs correspondent,
:02:20. > :02:22.June Kelly, has been on police patrol in Birmingham and met some
:02:23. > :02:25.of those working A summer evening in Birmingham
:02:26. > :02:31.and the Force Response teams from West Midlands Police
:02:32. > :02:33.are dealing with dozens Caller has had a call
:02:34. > :02:55.from her daughter stating the 15-year-old grandson
:02:56. > :02:57.has been stabbed. He doesn't live in this
:02:58. > :03:04.road, he was found here. The teenager is helped
:03:05. > :03:07.into the ambulance by his mate. No sign of the attacker and no
:03:08. > :03:13.information from the victim. Are you doing anything productive
:03:14. > :03:24.at that particular job? And once again there is no
:03:25. > :03:30.corporation from this second victim. Unfortunately he didn't
:03:31. > :03:35.want to provide a statement or provide us an account or tell us
:03:36. > :03:38.where the incident had occurred. So there is very little
:03:39. > :03:41.we could actually do or investigate. But we can still record
:03:42. > :03:44.the matter as a crime. In the West Midlands just
:03:45. > :03:47.like the rest of the country, Do you understand the reasons why
:03:48. > :03:59.you're being searched? Lives lost, victims
:04:00. > :04:01.scarred and maimed. And more people found
:04:02. > :04:03.to be carrying blades. The teenage grime artist
:04:04. > :04:09.from Birmingham had fans He was murdered weeks
:04:10. > :04:17.after his 18th birthday. A row over a girl spiralled
:04:18. > :04:20.into a fight and then his rival pulled a knife and plunged it
:04:21. > :04:26.into his heart. Seven hours later, Depzman,
:04:27. > :04:33.real name Joshua Ribera, was dead. Now his mum Alison goes into schools
:04:34. > :04:42.and uses her son's name, fame and death to drive home
:04:43. > :04:49.the consequences of carrying knives. We're not showing these children's
:04:50. > :04:51.faces because they have been permanently excluded
:04:52. > :04:54.from mainstream schools. Every single time his heart stopped,
:04:55. > :04:57.he fought back and fought back But on the morning of the 21st
:04:58. > :05:00.of September at 5:58am, We were given unique
:05:01. > :05:08.access to this class, part of City of Birmingham School
:05:09. > :05:12.which looks after excluded children. At the entrance there is a scanner
:05:13. > :05:17.to stop any weapons coming in. Why do you think someone
:05:18. > :05:20.is going to carry a knife And today the pupils are also
:05:21. > :05:27.hearing from Constable Rob Pedley. He's in different schools every week
:05:28. > :05:30.as part of a campaign by West Midlands Police
:05:31. > :05:33.to try to turn teenagers away If you go to your kitchen drawer
:05:34. > :05:38.at home, take out one of the sharp knives,
:05:39. > :05:41.you are carrying the country's Staff here have enlisted Rob
:05:42. > :05:46.and Alison because every day they are battling
:05:47. > :05:48.to keep his children While we cannot show their faces,
:05:49. > :05:55.we were able to record their words. They know about knives being used
:05:56. > :05:58.as initiation into gangs. When you take a beating, they only
:05:59. > :06:03.have to stab you in the arm. Nathan spent most of his teens
:06:04. > :06:12.in and out of young And has served jail
:06:13. > :06:17.terms for knife crime. He has tried to turn his life around
:06:18. > :06:21.and now as well as being a rapper, How are you going
:06:22. > :06:30.to break that cycle? People who have been through things,
:06:31. > :06:34.people who have gone to prison, real people who have been
:06:35. > :06:37.in situations are the best people to help reform
:06:38. > :06:38.people and give people, tell people about their experiences
:06:39. > :06:42.and definitely workshops and help promote more awareness
:06:43. > :06:45.about these things. And showing, you know what I mean,
:06:46. > :06:48.looking at the consequences of why these things,
:06:49. > :06:50.what can happen. And as the mother of a murdered
:06:51. > :06:53.son, Alison is calling for a different approach to stop
:06:54. > :06:57.so many ruined lives. Looking at them as being scum
:06:58. > :06:59.of society is not working. We need to step right
:07:00. > :07:03.back to nine-year-olds, eight-year-olds, and guide them
:07:04. > :07:06.in a better direction. It is going to be a big
:07:07. > :07:09.old blue light, then. Around the country,
:07:10. > :07:11.police are trying to crack And it will take a change
:07:12. > :07:33.of mindset and culture As you said police believe they are
:07:34. > :07:40.dealing with the crime but also a whole culture. Yes and last week the
:07:41. > :07:42.most senior police officer, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner
:07:43. > :07:47.Cressida Dick said it would be about changing attitudes and behaviour and
:07:48. > :07:50.to do that they need the help of individuals and organisations. So
:07:51. > :07:54.the work of someone like Alison in that piece is so vital because as a
:07:55. > :07:58.bereaved mother she can drive home the consequences of carrying knives.
:07:59. > :08:02.Of course all young people are under peer pressure but some teenagers in
:08:03. > :08:06.some parts of society when they leave home will pick up a knife in
:08:07. > :08:12.the same way as they pick up their mobile phone and that is the mindset
:08:13. > :08:13.all anti-knife campaigners are trying to change and challenge.
:08:14. > :08:16.Thank you very much. Just days after calls for him
:08:17. > :08:18.to step down the chairman of the Grenfell Tower public inquiry
:08:19. > :08:33.has promised to listen It comes as the government has sent
:08:34. > :08:35.a task forced to run key parts of the council.
:08:36. > :08:39.Our Special correspondent Lucy Manning reports.
:08:40. > :08:42.The missing posters have been here for three weeks.
:08:43. > :08:45.They flutter a painful reminder, because time has
:08:46. > :08:51.Now the police search through the 15 tonnes
:08:52. > :08:55.of debris on each floor, still trying to find all the Grenfell
:08:56. > :09:01.Karim Musilly was at the meeting the police and coroner
:09:02. > :09:11.He went over to comfort some young children,
:09:12. > :09:18.I want that to stick and stay with the family.
:09:19. > :09:21.We may never know if my uncle is ever going to be
:09:22. > :09:27.The family is just broken, you know, and...
:09:28. > :09:33.This is something that can never be fixed and they want to
:09:34. > :09:36.be able to bury their loved ones, pray for their loved ones, you know,
:09:37. > :09:45.say goodbye in any way, shape or form, and it sounds like always
:09:46. > :09:48.- all we are going to have is the brief on his flat,
:09:49. > :10:02.The police now say they have recovered all the
:10:03. > :10:04.remains from the building that were visible,
:10:05. > :10:07.and 87 recoveries, as they
:10:08. > :10:10.put it, have been made, but they stressed because of the catastrophic
:10:11. > :10:16.damage done that doesn't mean 87 people, and they still can't say how
:10:17. > :10:21.Meanwhile, survivors struggle carrying bags of donated
:10:22. > :10:26.Three weeks and you will have housing, was
:10:27. > :10:33.This survivor didn't want to be identified, scared of being
:10:34. > :10:39.I didn't take them up on the offer, they were very expensive to rent and
:10:40. > :10:42.although they have promised that they were going to pay for a whole
:10:43. > :10:44.year, I didn't have to pay for a year,
:10:45. > :10:46.but after that I said, you
:10:47. > :10:49.know, put it in writing, and they said the legal documents are not
:10:50. > :10:52.People would prefer to stay in their emergency temporary
:10:53. > :11:02.accommodation within hotels, and make one move into permanent
:11:03. > :11:04.accommodation, so there have actually only been
:11:05. > :11:07.You would like to move the children away
:11:08. > :11:11.With the residents feeling scared and let down, the
:11:12. > :11:14.government has now sent in an external task force to run some
:11:15. > :11:15.parts of the council, including housing.
:11:16. > :11:19.Hearing the harrowing account of survivors has been the most
:11:20. > :11:23.humbling and moving experience of my life.
:11:24. > :11:34.The families that I've met have been through unimaginable pain.
:11:35. > :11:43.Today at the interest a six-year-old was named and Sheila Smith described
:11:44. > :11:45.as a truly beautiful person. Lucy Manning, BBC News.
:11:46. > :11:47.The public sector pay cap was the subject of some fierce
:11:48. > :11:50.exchanges in the House of Commons today.
:11:51. > :11:53.Theresa May suggested she won't back the lifting of the current one
:11:54. > :11:56.Labour accused the Prime Minister of 'recklessly exploiting
:11:57. > :11:59.the goodwill' of teachers, nurses and other
:12:00. > :12:05.We need to balance the need to be fair to public sector
:12:06. > :12:10.To protect jobs in the public sector, and to be fair
:12:11. > :12:17.Instead of offering platitudes, offer some real help and real
:12:18. > :12:19.support for those in work, young people, who deserves
:12:20. > :12:21.better and deserve to be given more optimism,
:12:22. > :12:32.So the argument is over what the country can afford.
:12:33. > :12:35.Well, there are some new figures out today.
:12:36. > :12:37.According to the office for national statistics UK productivity has
:12:38. > :12:39.dropped back to below what it was before
:12:40. > :12:45.Essentially, productivity is a measure of how much
:12:46. > :12:49.wealth is created by every worker in Britain.
:12:50. > :12:55.Let's talk to our economics editor Kamal Ahmed.
:12:56. > :13:02.What you make of these figures and how do they feed into this argument
:13:03. > :13:06.about pay? Well there are disappointing, productivity has
:13:07. > :13:11.fallen for the first three months of the year. That puts the UK again at
:13:12. > :13:16.a disadvantage to the main competitors, productivity is far
:13:17. > :13:21.better in America, Germany, and France. A stark illustration of that
:13:22. > :13:27.in productivity if we look at the amount of value that workers
:13:28. > :13:32.produce, for the amount of time it takes the UK worker to produce ?1 in
:13:33. > :13:40.value from their work, a German worker produces ?1.36, so the German
:13:41. > :13:43.economy is far more efficient, there is much more business investment in
:13:44. > :13:48.making their businesses operate better. Productivity is important
:13:49. > :13:53.because if we have good productivity figures it tends to feed through
:13:54. > :13:57.into good wages. Looking at the wages, the history UK, we know that
:13:58. > :14:02.people are struggling. If we look at wage growth from February to April
:14:03. > :14:09.this year just 1.7%, in stark contrast to that figure, 2.8%, for
:14:10. > :14:13.the past 16 years that. So wage growth being depressed by the
:14:14. > :14:17.productivity problem. And if you have poor productivity is bad for
:14:18. > :14:21.economic growth, bad for tax receipts for the government and that
:14:22. > :14:25.means the government has less income to spend on public services, those
:14:26. > :14:27.services they were arguing about today in Westminster.
:14:28. > :14:30.A disabled refugee who was beaten to death and set alight
:14:31. > :14:32.by his neighbour in Bristol four years ago - was repeatedly failed
:14:33. > :14:35.That's the conclusion of the Independent Police
:14:36. > :14:37.Complaints Commission, who say officers ignored
:14:38. > :14:42.The commission said there was evidence that "racial bias"
:14:43. > :14:43.at the force affected the officers response.
:14:44. > :14:53.the sisters of Bijan Ebrahimi have some more answers.
:14:54. > :14:55.They've been told their vulnerable younger brother was repeatedly
:14:56. > :14:58.failed by police in the years before he was murdered - treated
:14:59. > :15:06.Reading that report, it was devastating.
:15:07. > :15:08.They say the list of failings has shocked them.
:15:09. > :15:13.It was so hard to see Bijan all these years been suffering,
:15:14. > :15:20.He always thought that he's in a country that the police
:15:21. > :15:25.Don't you dare take pictures of me, all right...
:15:26. > :15:31.Today's report says Bijan didn't just fear for his life in the days
:15:32. > :15:36.before he was murdered by this neighbour, Lee James...
:15:37. > :15:40.But that he'd called police repeatedly from a number
:15:41. > :15:41.of addresses over several years, asking for help.
:15:42. > :15:47.But time and time again, he was ignored.
:15:48. > :15:49.What part of be quite do you not understand?
:15:50. > :15:54.Today's report runs to hundreds of pages, and it says this whole
:15:55. > :16:00.case has laid bare what it calls the disrespect, the prejudice
:16:01. > :16:04.and even contempt with which some officers and staff treated
:16:05. > :16:07.Bijan Ebrahimi in the days before he was murdered here.
:16:08. > :16:09.Last year, PC Kevin Duffy and community support officer
:16:10. > :16:13.Andrew Passmore were jailed after being convicted
:16:14. > :16:23.PCs Leanne Winter and Helen Harris were cleared by the jury,
:16:24. > :16:25.but were later sacked by a misconduct hearing.
:16:26. > :16:28.Bijan's family have raised questions about racism within the force.
:16:29. > :16:30.There are some hallmarks of discrimination that could be
:16:31. > :16:41.There are overwhelming elements of evidence that indicate
:16:42. > :16:44.this was discrimination against a very vulnerable man.
:16:45. > :16:47.Avon and Somerset Police say this case has already
:16:48. > :16:53.We accept that we failed Bijan Ebrahimi at his time
:16:54. > :16:56.of greatest need, and throughout that time he was respectful
:16:57. > :16:59.and he had confidence and trust in us, the police,
:17:00. > :17:03.and we let him down, and for that, we are sorry.
:17:04. > :17:05.In this city, known for its tolerance, tonight
:17:06. > :17:09.many questions remain, and four years after the murder
:17:10. > :17:11.of Bijan Ebrahimi, there is still another major report
:17:12. > :17:28.The rising tide of knife crime in Britain -
:17:29. > :17:30.officers say there needs to be a change in attitudes
:17:31. > :17:41.And still to come, Wimbledon on Wednesday has had the sunshine and a
:17:42. > :17:43.very successful British centre court.
:17:44. > :17:48.All the action from day three of Wimbledon, and there's
:17:49. > :17:51.a new leader at the Tour de France, a familiar face too,
:17:52. > :17:53.because the defending champion - Chris Froome -
:17:54. > :18:02.has taken the leader's yellow jersey on stage five.
:18:03. > :18:06.It was one of the key issues in the recent election -
:18:07. > :18:09.the cost of going to University and the debts students pile up.
:18:10. > :18:11.Now a new study from the respected Institute for Fiscal Studies has
:18:12. > :18:16.Those from the poorest backgrounds will owe up to
:18:17. > :18:22.And three-quarters of them will never clear it.
:18:23. > :18:24.However, the Government says that those from poorer backgrounds
:18:25. > :18:26.are now going to university at a record rate -
:18:27. > :18:35.Here's our education editor Branwen Jeffreys.
:18:36. > :18:39.A sunny afternoon on campus, but in the background,
:18:40. > :18:44.Many students want tuition fees scrapped.
:18:45. > :18:49.I was the first year to experience the 9K debts.
:18:50. > :18:51.It means that many students will leave higher education
:18:52. > :18:53.with a lifetime of debt that they will never
:18:54. > :18:57.People I know have struggled to work and to continue
:18:58. > :19:02.Some of them have even been forced to drop out.
:19:03. > :19:04.We don't just need engineers, linguists, computer programmers
:19:05. > :19:10.We also need people who generate culture,
:19:11. > :19:13.people who think about society, imagine the new societies
:19:14. > :19:25.?9,000 a year tuition fees, 6.1% interest from September;
:19:26. > :19:30.a threshold frozen at ?21,000 in earnings to start to repay,
:19:31. > :19:36.with up to ?57,000 in total debt for poorer students.
:19:37. > :19:40.They now have loans for living costs, not grants.
:19:41. > :19:43.The money from tuition fees has allowed universities to expand.
:19:44. > :19:46.And despite the tuition fee increases, growing numbers of young
:19:47. > :19:48.people are applying to study for a degree.
:19:49. > :19:58.Well, today's report shows just how much the burden of debt has
:19:59. > :20:01.increased for the poorest students, and for the first time in many
:20:02. > :20:03.years, there's a different kind of political debate
:20:04. > :20:09.Still, ministers say this is about sharing the cost fairly.
:20:10. > :20:13.Between the individual student, who goes on in most circumstances
:20:14. > :20:15.to have much higher lifetime earnings, and the general taxpayer,
:20:16. > :20:20.who in many cases won't have had a chance to go to university
:20:21. > :20:25.Close to the university, the leafy Regent's Park
:20:26. > :20:29.Estate, people are working hard, paying taxes.
:20:30. > :20:32.People who get good jobs, solicitors, barristers and all that,
:20:33. > :20:33.yeah, they can afford to pay it back.
:20:34. > :20:37.But a lot of people leave college with good grades and find it very
:20:38. > :20:44.The 3000 level was affordable to normal human beings,
:20:45. > :20:47.ie not the rich, but 9000 is a little bit too
:20:48. > :20:50.If they get the rewards at the end of it, then
:20:51. > :20:52.obviously it's worth it, isn't it?
:20:53. > :20:54.It's worth, I suppose, getting into debt.
:20:55. > :20:57.I suppose there's two ways of looking at it.
:20:58. > :21:02.There are indeed, and with more poor students dropping out,
:21:03. > :21:07.The Italian government has made the latest offer to help
:21:08. > :21:12.the terminally ill baby Charlie Gard.
:21:13. > :21:15.But the Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, says that for legal
:21:16. > :21:18.reasons it is impossible for him to be transferred to the Vatican's
:21:19. > :21:21.Charlie Gard's parents have already lost their legal battle,
:21:22. > :21:24.both here and in the European Court, to keep him alive against
:21:25. > :21:26.the advice of doctors at the Great Ormond Street
:21:27. > :21:31.A man has been found guilty of killing two former
:21:32. > :21:35.52-year-old Robert Trigg was convicted of the murder
:21:36. > :21:37.of Susan Nicholson in 2011, and the manslaughter
:21:38. > :21:46.He had denied the charges, claiming they had died in their sleep.
:21:47. > :21:49.Volvo will become the first major car manufacturer to ensure that
:21:50. > :21:51.all models will be powered by either electric or hybrid
:21:52. > :22:01.So-called 'alternative fuel vehicles' are currently the fasting
:22:02. > :22:04.growing sector in the car market, although they still only make up
:22:05. > :22:14.Here's our transport correspondent Richard Westcott.
:22:15. > :22:21.The shapes have changed a bit over the years, but thank goodness when
:22:22. > :22:25.it comes to the Brown Allegro, but all these things have one thing in
:22:26. > :22:29.common, an internal combustion engine, burning petrol or diesel.
:22:30. > :22:34.We've relied on it for 100 years, but is that about a change? Volvo
:22:35. > :22:38.cars is taking a bold step forward, heralding the end of an era for the
:22:39. > :22:46.pure internal combustion engine. Volvo says all its new models will
:22:47. > :22:51.be partly electric. Ambitious plans, but experts say it won't be quick.
:22:52. > :22:54.Diesel and petrol will have a long life, yet a lot of people will
:22:55. > :22:58.choose to adopt hybrids before they go all electric and during that time
:22:59. > :23:01.back trees will improve, which will increase the range of miles you can
:23:02. > :23:06.do, and prices will drop, which will make them more tenable for people to
:23:07. > :23:12.buy. It will be quite a while before we see all electric cars as all cars
:23:13. > :23:17.on the road. In fact, sales of alternative engines remain small. In
:23:18. > :23:21.June last year, more than 8300 electric and hybrid vehicles were
:23:22. > :23:25.registered in the UK. That increased to nearly 11,000 this year, but it
:23:26. > :23:30.is still dwarfed by the quarter of a million petrol and diesel cars
:23:31. > :23:34.people bought. This street sums up one of the big reasons that plug-in
:23:35. > :23:39.cars haven't sold in any great numbers. Many of us live in houses
:23:40. > :23:42.like this, we don't have garages, we live in flats, you often can't even
:23:43. > :23:45.park near your house, so how are you supposed to charge your electric
:23:46. > :23:49.car? Then there's the problem of topping
:23:50. > :23:52.up mid-journey. Certainly some of the country is
:23:53. > :23:56.better than others. Newcastle in the north-east, there's quite a lot of
:23:57. > :24:00.charging infrastructure. Wales is very poor. To get to where we are,
:24:01. > :24:06.where we need to be, lots of different parties will have do come
:24:07. > :24:09.together and put in charging points. Workplaces, businesses will need to
:24:10. > :24:13.put it in for their staff, supermarkets, anyone with a public
:24:14. > :24:17.car park available. Electric cars are getting cheaper with a better
:24:18. > :24:20.range. It will be still some years yet before the internal combustion
:24:21. > :24:23.engine drives off for good. Richard Westcott, BBC News.
:24:24. > :24:25.After injury retirements left the centre court crowd
:24:26. > :24:26.shortchanged yesterday, Wimbledon promised
:24:27. > :24:32.Sunshine, and the number 1 seed in the men's draw and the number 6
:24:33. > :24:51.Quick tour, take in the band, hydrate with a friend... A healthy
:24:52. > :24:56.snack. OK, not so healthy. You are here for the traditional, but also
:24:57. > :25:02.the unusual. Two British players, woman and man, contender and
:25:03. > :25:06.defender, both on Centre. Here was a match of true intensity. Johanna
:25:07. > :25:11.Konta at the top of the screen, the Croatian Donna Vekic at the other
:25:12. > :25:17.end and the ball flying. Konte took the first set and took the
:25:18. > :25:21.tie-break. The trouble was, in the second set Konte could not hold her
:25:22. > :25:26.serve does that she was broken again here and the set went to Vekic 6-3.
:25:27. > :25:31.The match had altered course, alarmingly. Flying ants on course,
:25:32. > :25:34.Vekic dealt with that opponent, but the tennis was relentless. This
:25:35. > :25:40.match stretched on past three hours. Look at this point, in the 17th game
:25:41. > :25:48.of the third set. Someone had to win, and quantum broke decisively.
:25:49. > :25:52.-- Konte broke decisively. 10-8 in the final set, how it feels to give
:25:53. > :25:57.everything and women, and to give everything and lose.
:25:58. > :26:05.Well, compose yourself and prepare for more. Now it was Andy Murray. He
:26:06. > :26:09.knew his second-round opponent well, good friends with Dustin Brown and
:26:10. > :26:14.new to expect the unexpected. That can mean really good tennis.
:26:15. > :26:21.But all the players took towels filled with ice to deal with high
:26:22. > :26:25.temperatures on court, a diet of iced barbs is helping Murray get the
:26:26. > :26:31.tournament and he had the greater consistency in the first set, taking
:26:32. > :26:34.it 6-3. Back and forth it went in the second set, the difference
:26:35. > :26:39.between the two players was that often Dustin Brown made the
:26:40. > :26:44.mistakes. The set went to Murray, 6-2, moving pretty well.
:26:45. > :26:48.Moving better and better. I can tell you Andy Murray raced through the
:26:49. > :26:53.third set and won 6-2 to complete victory in the match. He was on
:26:54. > :26:58.court for one hour and 36 minutes. He can really enjoy his ice bath.
:26:59. > :27:02.All rows in a comfortable win for Andy Murray against Dustin Brown.
:27:03. > :27:07.Also victories for Aljaz Bedene and Heather Watson, both through to
:27:08. > :27:11.round three. Barely a cloud on the British horizon tonight, and Rafa
:27:12. > :27:13.Nadal just coming onto Centre Court. Thank you very much.
:27:14. > :27:24.Barely a cloud he said. Yes, some had some sunscreen has been as
:27:25. > :27:27.important as stories and green today. It has been a scorcher.
:27:28. > :27:34.We peaked at around 29, tomorrow a similar story and those temperatures
:27:35. > :27:38.set fair for the remainder of this week's play. Today, just under 30
:27:39. > :27:42.degrees in the south-east corner. Look where we saw some cloud,
:27:43. > :27:46.disappointing, cold and grey for the far north-east. Through the night
:27:47. > :27:51.like, those temperatures we have had through the day and not falling very
:27:52. > :27:54.far at all. Mid-to high teens quite widely. It will be an uncomfortable
:27:55. > :27:59.night if you're trying to get a decent night's sleep and some sharp
:28:00. > :28:01.showers rolling through Northern Ireland, western Scotland and moving
:28:02. > :28:06.up through the Channel coast as well. Some of them possibly heavy
:28:07. > :28:10.thundery and still lingering through the early morning rush hour, close
:28:11. > :28:16.to the M4 corridor. A warm start for many. There will be some sunshine in
:28:17. > :28:19.East Anglia, and into Wales. Clouding over a little into the
:28:20. > :28:22.North of England. For Northern Ireland, already though showers
:28:23. > :28:26.easing away. They will be sitting across much of western Scotland. So
:28:27. > :28:30.yes, some showers first thing in the morning but it is important to
:28:31. > :28:34.emphasise that tomorrow is going to largely be dry, hot and sunny for
:28:35. > :28:37.many of us. But as those temperatures start to climb into the
:28:38. > :28:41.afternoon, there is a chance of one or two home-grown but isolated
:28:42. > :28:46.showers. These really could be quite heavy if you catch one or two of
:28:47. > :28:51.them. Hopefully they will stay fairly isolated. Look at the highs,
:28:52. > :28:56.30 in the south-east. Mid-to high 20s across England and Wales, even
:28:57. > :29:00.21 degrees, not bad, for Scotland, in comparison to what you have had
:29:01. > :29:03.so far this week. A great story continues into Friday, clouding over
:29:04. > :29:06.into the far north-west with signs of rain to come for the weekend.
:29:07. > :29:08.Thank you. That's all from the BBC News at Six,
:29:09. > :29:11.so it's goodbye from me, and on BBC One we now join the BBC's
:29:12. > :29:14.news teams where you are.