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:00:00. > :00:07.Tonight at Six: Tony Blair and the Iraq War -

:00:08. > :00:10.the most outspoken comments yet from Sir John Chilcot,

:00:11. > :00:17.He says the former Prime Minister was emotionally involved

:00:18. > :00:21.in the argument and relied more on his beliefs than on facts.

:00:22. > :00:25.I think any Prime Minister taking a country to war has got to be

:00:26. > :00:27.straight with the nation and carry it as far as

:00:28. > :00:33.I don't believe that was the case in the Iraq instance.

:00:34. > :00:36.It's a year since the inquiry's report into the war -

:00:37. > :00:40.Mr Blair's supporters say that should have been the last word.

:00:41. > :00:43.I think it's unfair and wrong and not justified by the evidence,

:00:44. > :00:49.Also on tonight: examines in detail.

:00:50. > :00:51.Choosing care for the elderly - why one campaigner says it's

:00:52. > :00:58.A damning report on care services in England says one

:00:59. > :01:07.Polish crowds welcome President Trump - he says

:01:08. > :01:12.the western way of life is threatened by extremists.

:01:13. > :01:14.Mission to Mercury - European and Japanese scientists

:01:15. > :01:20.unveil their plan to explore the red-hot planet.

:01:21. > :01:22.Root to the rescue - he lifts English spirits

:01:23. > :01:30.And coming up on BBC News, we'll have Wimbledon Sportsday for you,

:01:31. > :01:33.with all the latest action from day four from the All-England Club

:01:34. > :02:00.Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.

:02:01. > :02:05.The controversy surrounding the Iraq war - then and now -

:02:06. > :02:09.revolves around Tony Blair's role in taking Britain into battle.

:02:10. > :02:12.Today, Sir John Chilcot - the man who led the inquiry about the war -

:02:13. > :02:19.On the first anniversary of his report, in an exclusive

:02:20. > :02:22.interview with the BBC, he said that Mr Blair was not straight

:02:23. > :02:24.with the public when he argued so forcefully

:02:25. > :02:28.Mr Blair's office has insisted that five separate reports -

:02:29. > :02:32.including the Chilcot inquiry - have found that there was no

:02:33. > :02:41.Here's our political editor Laura Kuenssberg.

:02:42. > :02:49.The truth... British service men and women are engaged in air, land and

:02:50. > :02:55.sea. And the whole truth about Britain's war in Iraq. We will

:02:56. > :03:00.approach our it is a income a way that is rigorous, fair... The man

:03:01. > :03:04.charged with finding it. The man who took us in. Responsibility, but not

:03:05. > :03:11.a regret for removing Saddam Hussein. A year since his vast

:03:12. > :03:17.report emerged, Sir John Chilcot's view. Tony Blair is always an

:03:18. > :03:21.advocate. He makes the most persuasive case he can. Not

:03:22. > :03:27.departing from the truth, but persuasion is everything. There is a

:03:28. > :03:32.responsibility on the leading politician of the government, both

:03:33. > :03:38.to make the case for the policy decision taken, but also to balance

:03:39. > :03:45.that with realism about risks, down sides, counter arguments. If you act

:03:46. > :03:49.as a one-sided advocate you risk losing that. You spent years

:03:50. > :03:55.studying this intelligence. The way you put it in the report and what

:03:56. > :03:59.you have said suggests as somebody who spent their life in public

:04:00. > :04:05.services, that you feel he manipulated the evidence to make his

:04:06. > :04:09.own case. I'm declining the word manipulate and using as best he

:04:10. > :04:14.could. It is only fair to him to say that on the eve of the invasion, he

:04:15. > :04:21.asked the then chair of the Joint Intellegence Committee, can you tell

:04:22. > :04:24.me beyond reasonable doubt that Saddam Hussein has weapons of mass

:04:25. > :04:29.destruction and the answer was yes. He was entitled to rely on that. But

:04:30. > :04:36.would it have been wise? Do you feel he gave you the fullest version of

:04:37. > :04:41.events? I hesitate to say this, but I think from his stand point it was

:04:42. > :04:48.emotionally truthful. I think he was under great emotional pressure. Far

:04:49. > :04:52.more than the committee were. He was suffering, he was deeply engaged.

:04:53. > :04:56.Just in the most simple terms, do you believe that Tony Blair was as

:04:57. > :05:08.straight with you and the public as he ought to have been? Can I

:05:09. > :05:12.slightly reword that to say, I think any Prime Minister taking a country

:05:13. > :05:16.into war has got to be straight with the nation and carry it so far as

:05:17. > :05:22.possible with him or her. I don't believe that was the case in the

:05:23. > :05:29.Iraq instance. There was no lies, but there was a decision... Sir John

:05:30. > :05:34.didn't then and does not now say Tony Blair intentionally deceived

:05:35. > :05:37.anybody and the former Prime Minister's friends reject the

:05:38. > :05:42.suggestion that he was not straight. He made it clear that Tony Blair did

:05:43. > :05:48.not seek to deceive the public or Parliament to use the word not

:05:49. > :05:53.straight gives a different spin. It is unfair and not justified by the

:05:54. > :05:58.evidence. Did he do a good job with our relations with the United

:05:59. > :06:07.States? The enquiry produced evidence of the ties. Up to 2002 the

:06:08. > :06:15.policy was one of containment. But the Prime Minister was running one

:06:16. > :06:19.of coercive diplomacy, but the Foreign Secretary hoped diplomacy

:06:20. > :06:23.would work and not coercion. With the Prime Minister it was probably

:06:24. > :06:27.look the other way around. When you saw the documents, and I'm thinking

:06:28. > :06:35.of the note... Of course I shall be with you whatever. What did you

:06:36. > :06:40.think when you saw that? You mustn't say that? Because? Because you're

:06:41. > :06:43.giving away too much and making a binding commitment from one

:06:44. > :06:47.government to another which you can't fulfil. You're not in a

:06:48. > :06:51.position to fulfil it. He didn't even know the legal position at that

:06:52. > :06:58.point. So many documents like this end up simply on the shell of. But

:06:59. > :07:03.the author believes the narrative of Britain in Iraq has changed things.

:07:04. > :07:09.Do you think we could ever go to war in the same way? Oh yes, in a

:07:10. > :07:15.crisis, yes. No question about it. But more generally, I think we have

:07:16. > :07:19.seen evidence of not of a failure of nerve, but an insistence on much

:07:20. > :07:21.better control of capacity, resources, before reaching a

:07:22. > :07:27.decision to do something on that scale. The report has brought in a

:07:28. > :07:33.new level of challenge? I believe so and I'm assured so and I hope it is

:07:34. > :07:42.so. By whom? What assurances have you had. The rising generations.

:07:43. > :07:46.What about the families? I was extremely uncertain saz to what kind

:07:47. > :07:51.of reception we would get, whether it would be brickbats or rotten

:07:52. > :07:57.tomatoes, but we got loud applause. The sense of relief I experienced

:07:58. > :08:03.was huge. My hope is that some future minds will have been changed.

:08:04. > :08:09.Because you can't just say that block of volumes never existed. It

:08:10. > :08:14.is there now. It is standing in the way of a retreat back down the reed

:08:15. > :08:22.to a lesser -- road to a lesser standard. Giving a post script to

:08:23. > :08:26.his reputation, built power, political power and ambition defined

:08:27. > :08:38.so much by one decision. Some might say what difference do

:08:39. > :08:43.these commenters make now? The decision to go to war was one of the

:08:44. > :08:51.most controversial any British Prime Minister had taken for decades. Sir

:08:52. > :08:57.John's comments, while they may give rise to the familiar criticism, they

:08:58. > :09:01.have shared insight not just into are what went wrong, but the

:09:02. > :09:06.psychology around the decision-making process and the

:09:07. > :09:11.inquiry itself. Tony Blair completely rejects the accusation

:09:12. > :09:15.that he pursued his own version of events, but I think the broader

:09:16. > :09:23.significance of Sir John's reading of this today may well be in terms

:09:24. > :09:27.of what happens if we find ourselves in a similar situation again, what

:09:28. > :09:32.should the responsibilities of not just No 10, but the MoD, the

:09:33. > :09:36.military, the intelligence services, how can they avoid falling short as

:09:37. > :09:43.they did in many instances in terms of run up to and of course the

:09:44. > :09:47.aftermath of the Iraq war? Sir John does believe there have been changes

:09:48. > :09:53.already in the last 12 months, but I think his comments today are a heavy

:09:54. > :09:58.reminder to all institutions in this square mile that they have a

:09:59. > :10:06.responsibility to all of us when it cops to taking the -- comes to

:10:07. > :10:08.taking the most serious decisions, to commit forces into a conflict.

:10:09. > :10:11.Thank you. Finding the right care provision

:10:12. > :10:14.for the elderly has become a game of "Russian roulette" -

:10:15. > :10:15.that's according to It follows a new report

:10:16. > :10:19.from the Care Quality Commission which found that a quarter

:10:20. > :10:21.of services are More than a million vulnerable

:10:22. > :10:25.people use care services in the UK. Nearly 600,000 get care

:10:26. > :10:30.in their own homes from agencies. And about 300,000 are looked

:10:31. > :10:34.after in nursing homes. Inspectors in England found

:10:35. > :10:36.a lack of staff and errors over drugs amongst most

:10:37. > :10:38.the serious problems. Our social affairs correspondent

:10:39. > :10:54.Alison Holt reports. Mum. Can you open your eyes. Bernie

:10:55. > :11:00.gives her 78-year-old mother lunch. Betty is now back with family, but

:11:01. > :11:06.she lived in a nursing home. The family put in a seek kret camera and

:11:07. > :11:12.it picked up the sort of poor care highlighted in the report. It showed

:11:13. > :11:17.a care worker pushing the chair to the desk, later when Betty objects

:11:18. > :11:23.to her top being changed, her head is slammed back into the chair. I

:11:24. > :11:28.don't want to. Last February in court, the care worker accepted her

:11:29. > :11:33.actions were reckless rather than intentional and she was given a

:11:34. > :11:38.community order. Query everything. Don't let them dismiss you. Because

:11:39. > :11:44.they did with us for about eight months. I wish we would have pursued

:11:45. > :11:49.it a lot quicker. Because mum you know probably wouldn't have suffered

:11:50. > :11:56.the way she did. The report by inspectors said most care in England

:11:57. > :12:01.is good, even so a quarter of services failed on safety. And 37%

:12:02. > :12:07.of nursing homes were not safe enough. Also when reinspected,

:12:08. > :12:11.quality of care in some good homes had deteriorated. There is good

:12:12. > :12:17.care, we can be confident about that, but what it is saying is that

:12:18. > :12:20.some of the care is fragile and we have got to concentrate on making

:12:21. > :12:26.sure we shine the spotlight on poor care. When the number of older

:12:27. > :12:29.people and younger disabled adults is increasing, the report raises

:12:30. > :12:35.concerns about the quality of care that some are getting. But those at

:12:36. > :12:41.the sharp end say it underlines the importance of rapid action to sort

:12:42. > :12:51.out how we pay for and organise care. For individual families,

:12:52. > :12:55.they're facing a degree of Russian roulette. Will there be a nurse?

:12:56. > :12:59.These are such fundamental questions and it is unfair to expect older

:13:00. > :13:09.people to be facing them at the most vulnerable time of their lives. This

:13:10. > :13:14.home in London is rated outstanding. Jane heads the organisation that

:13:15. > :13:21.runs it. Their research suggests a quarter of people still think the

:13:22. > :13:27.state will pay for their care. If we are still talking about this in

:13:28. > :13:30.three years, that will bh a disaster for people living and working in

:13:31. > :13:36.services. We have to recognise this is a crucial issue and move with

:13:37. > :13:40.some pace. The Government said poor care is unacceptable and that as

:13:41. > :13:44.well as putting in more money, it will consult on how to place social

:13:45. > :13:49.care on a more secure footing for the future. But the question for

:13:50. > :13:53.many is how quickly will that happen?

:13:54. > :13:55.A man who killed two former girlfriends, five years apart,

:13:56. > :13:58.has been jailed for life, with a minimum term of 25 years.

:13:59. > :14:00.Robert Trigg was convicted of murdering Susan Nicholson

:14:01. > :14:05.in 2011 and the manslaughter of Caroline Devlin in 2006.

:14:06. > :14:08.Both deaths were not treated as suspicious at the time,

:14:09. > :14:10.but a campaign by Ms Nicholson's family discovered she had been

:14:11. > :14:13.suffocated and Ms Devlin had been killed by a blow to the back

:14:14. > :14:20.The Manchester Arena bomber was not part of a large network,

:14:21. > :14:24.but others may have been aware of what he was planning,

:14:25. > :14:26.counter-terrorism police have confirmed.

:14:27. > :14:28.They say the priority is to question Salman Abedi's brother,

:14:29. > :14:30.Hashem, who is being held by the Libyan authorities.

:14:31. > :14:40.22 people died in the attack after a concert in May.

:14:41. > :14:43.President Trump has called on people in the West to stand

:14:44. > :14:45.up for their values - warning about the threats

:14:46. > :14:49.Speaking during a visit to Poland, he said the fundamental question

:14:50. > :14:51.of our times was whether the West had the will to survive.

:14:52. > :14:54.He's just arrived in Germany ahead of the G20 summit,

:14:55. > :15:07.as our Diplomatic Correspondent James Landale reports.

:15:08. > :15:10.This memorial in the heart of Warsaw records one of the bloodiest

:15:11. > :15:11.moments in Poland's history, the uprising

:15:12. > :15:13.against the Nazis, in which

:15:14. > :15:16.Donald Trump came to this revered site to

:15:17. > :15:18.argue that Poland's resistance then should stand as an example to

:15:19. > :15:22.As they fight against Islamist extremism that he

:15:23. > :15:25.claimed poses a dire threat to our security, and way of life.

:15:26. > :15:28.The fundamental question of our time is,

:15:29. > :15:32.whether the west has the will to survive.

:15:33. > :15:35.Do we have the confidence in our values to defend them at any

:15:36. > :15:52.Do we have enough respect for our citizens to protect our borders?

:15:53. > :15:54.He defined that civilisation as the shared values

:15:55. > :15:59.of freedom and sovereignty, the bonds of culture and faith,

:16:00. > :16:09.a view supported by Poland's nationalist government.

:16:10. > :16:12.That bussed in some of the crowd from outside the City

:16:13. > :16:31.Mr Trump also came here to meet America's I lies Nato's eastern

:16:32. > :16:34.flank to reassure them for the first time on Europeans soil

:16:35. > :16:37.that the United States would live up to the Nato charter and come

:16:38. > :16:41.The United States has demonstrated not merely with words

:16:42. > :16:43.but with its actions that we stand firmly behind Article 5,

:16:44. > :16:54.This speech, though, was not just for the audience here in Poland.

:16:55. > :17:02.Mr Trump warned North Korea of "pretty severe action"

:17:03. > :17:04.after its latest ballistic missile test.

:17:05. > :17:06.And he told Russia to stop destabilising Ukraine,

:17:07. > :17:08.a delivery tough message before his meeting with

:17:09. > :17:11.Then it was on to Germany for the G20 summit,

:17:12. > :17:14.where the President will receive a less warm welcome from protesters

:17:15. > :17:16.and political leaders alike, whose definition of civilisation

:17:17. > :17:30.The time is 6:17. Our top story this evening:

:17:31. > :17:34.The man who led the inquiry into the Iraq war says Tony Blair relied

:17:35. > :17:39.more on his beliefs than facts in deciding on intervention.

:17:40. > :17:44.Still to come, a scorching day at Wimbledon and a big chance on Centre

:17:45. > :17:48.Court for a British man, not Andy Murray.

:17:49. > :17:51.Coming up on BBC News, we'll have more action from day four

:17:52. > :17:56.And we'll have the rest of the day's sport as well,

:17:57. > :18:04.including a test century for Joe Root on his debut as captain.

:18:05. > :18:08.It's the planet closest to the sun, with temperatures

:18:09. > :18:14.That's the challenge European and Japanese scientists face

:18:15. > :18:16.as they unveiled a space mission to Mercury.

:18:17. > :18:20.Due to launch next year, the journey will take seven years,

:18:21. > :18:25.only then will two orbiting craft be deployed.

:18:26. > :18:28.Our science correspondent Rebecca Morelle has spent the day

:18:29. > :18:31.at the European Space Agency's test centre in the Netherlands.

:18:32. > :18:35.A mysterious world, Mercury is the smallest planet

:18:36. > :18:41.in our solar system, and the closest to the sun.

:18:42. > :18:44.Covered in craters, towering cliffs and ancient volcanoes, until now,

:18:45. > :18:57.A major new mission's set to change that.

:18:58. > :18:58.This is the spacecraft called Beppi Columbo,

:18:59. > :19:01.It has taken nearly a decade to build.

:19:02. > :19:05.It's only when you get up close that you really get a sense

:19:06. > :19:07.of the size of this huge piece of kit.

:19:08. > :19:09.And this is a spacecraft built to withstand extremes.

:19:10. > :19:12.To get to Mercury, it has to travel towards the sun,

:19:13. > :19:16.and that means dealing with intense radiation and heat.

:19:17. > :19:19.On the surface of Mercury, temperatures can reach 450 Celsius,

:19:20. > :19:26.Its launch will take place next year.

:19:27. > :19:29.This is probably one of the most challenging missions

:19:30. > :19:37.It's the long journey to get there and we have to deal with heat

:19:38. > :19:40.But Mercury is a tiny, enigmatic little world,

:19:41. > :19:43.which has so much to tell us about the formation

:19:44. > :19:47.Beppi Columbo's journey will take seven years,

:19:48. > :19:51.Once it's there, the engine will be jettisoned, and two

:19:52. > :20:00.They'll work together to give us our best ever view.

:20:01. > :20:02.We'll see its features in incredible detail,

:20:03. > :20:05.and peer inside to solve the mystery of what lies at Mercury's core.

:20:06. > :20:07.This is the instrument we built at the University of Leicester...

:20:08. > :20:11.British scientists have developed x-ray cameras for this mission.

:20:12. > :20:14.We're going to be the first people on the planet to see this data

:20:15. > :20:20.We'll be the first people to see x-ray images of Mercury's surface,

:20:21. > :20:23.which is going to tell us about what the surface

:20:24. > :20:26.is made of, and it's going to revolutionise our understanding.

:20:27. > :20:29.The spacecraft will soon be packed up, ready for its long journey.

:20:30. > :20:32.And while it will be sometime before we get the first results back,

:20:33. > :20:47.The EU's Chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, has today questioned

:20:48. > :20:50.whether the UK has understood the consequences of leaving

:20:51. > :20:54.He said some people believed Britain could leave the single market

:20:55. > :20:57.and keep all of its benefits, but he said that was not possible.

:20:58. > :21:01.Our Business Editor Simon Jack is with me now.

:21:02. > :21:08.In effect, this is a rejection of the UK Government's negotiating

:21:09. > :21:11.position. The government's position is we are going to leave the single

:21:12. > :21:15.market, but the ambition is to keep the benefits of being a member of

:21:16. > :21:20.it. It also says we are leaving the customs union, that was the

:21:21. > :21:25.pre-election position. And keeping trade is also not possible. This is

:21:26. > :21:31.a negotiation. But what it does highlight is that the gap between

:21:32. > :21:36.what the UK Government thinks is possible that it can achieve, and

:21:37. > :21:38.what the EU saying is reality is still very big indeed. Simon, thank

:21:39. > :21:40.you very much. Cricket, and Joe Root has hit

:21:41. > :21:43.a century in his first Test as England captain

:21:44. > :21:49.against South Africa at Lord's. He came into bat with

:21:50. > :21:51.the home side struggling. Our correspondent Andy Swiss

:21:52. > :21:55.watched the action. The first test of the

:21:56. > :21:57.summer and of an era. Joe Root arrived all smiles

:21:58. > :22:00.and promptly won the toss. But as his predecessor soon helped

:22:01. > :22:08.prove, it's anything but. Alastair Cook went for three,

:22:09. > :22:10.soon followed by Keaton Jennings - He chose not to review

:22:11. > :22:15.it when replays showed Enter the skipper,

:22:16. > :22:21.and a true captains innings. He lived dangerously

:22:22. > :22:25.at first, an early swish. Would he be caught?

:22:26. > :22:27.Well, he should have been. As wickets tumbled

:22:28. > :22:31.around him, he held firm. Magic and maturity in equal measure

:22:32. > :22:35.as he led the England fight back. And soon after tea,

:22:36. > :22:37.Root reaped the ultimate reward. A kiss of the badge,

:22:38. > :22:43.an ovation from his team A century in his first

:22:44. > :22:47.match as captain. Leading by example

:22:48. > :23:01.has rarely felt better. What an innings it has been from Joe

:23:02. > :23:08.Root. He is still there on 177, quite incredible. England now 345-5

:23:09. > :23:13.in a day which had threatened to belong to South Africa now belongs

:23:14. > :23:15.to England's captain. Andy, thank you very much.

:23:16. > :23:18.Tennis, and Britain's number two Kyle Edmund is out of Wimbledon.

:23:19. > :23:20.He lost to France's Gael Monfils in straight sets.

:23:21. > :23:28.Joe Wilson has been watching the action, he's there for us now.

:23:29. > :23:34.It has been an optimistic Wimbledon so far from a British point of view,

:23:35. > :23:38.but rightly or wrongly, this is always a window of opportunity, the

:23:39. > :23:43.fortnight for the limelight. If you get a chance, however young you are,

:23:44. > :23:45.you really have to grab it. As we all know in elite sport, tennis is

:23:46. > :23:50.no different, the pursuit of excellence is relentless.

:23:51. > :23:55.This flag always flies at Wimbledon, but this year there is some

:23:56. > :24:00.renewable energy behind it. The display is look, they are

:24:01. > :24:05.everywhere. Early rounds are fine, but winners make posters. Smile.

:24:06. > :24:09.Andy Murray says British players should always aim higher, so you

:24:10. > :24:15.Kyle Edmund. Ranked 50 in the world, Edmund's Britain's next best man.

:24:16. > :24:22.Fine to make an impression. His opponent was gale Monfils, seeded 15

:24:23. > :24:29.but not a grass court expert. It looked like an opportunity. Mistakes

:24:30. > :24:33.left Edmund two sets down. In the third, he broke the Monfils serve,

:24:34. > :24:37.but couldn't hold his own to extend the match, it finished in three

:24:38. > :24:42.sets. Edmund's first Centre Court experience had come and gone. In

:24:43. > :24:48.certain points or match situations, I just needed to be better. But 20

:24:49. > :24:52.years old, I don't know all the answers. Who does? Some even younger

:24:53. > :24:57.were working hard. Temperature was an issue for everyone at Wimbledon.

:24:58. > :25:02.Play was halted for over 20 minutes court free as a spectator was

:25:03. > :25:06.treated for the effects of heat. On Court number one, second seed Novak

:25:07. > :25:11.Djokovic only needed 90 minutes to reach the third round, he beat a

:25:12. > :25:16.cheque ranked one number 126. The biggest issue, in fact, was the

:25:17. > :25:24.weather. It was a very warm day, hot day. It wasn't easy to play point

:25:25. > :25:31.after point. And some long rallies midway in the second set, it was

:25:32. > :25:33.hard. Wimbledon working, not just for flying ants, you know. We would

:25:34. > :25:43.be complaining if it was raining. Time for a look at the weather but

:25:44. > :25:48.Sarah Keith-Lucas. They were talking about how hot it was.

:25:49. > :25:56.Temperatures up to 32 degrees today in London. For many of us, sunshine

:25:57. > :26:01.around, this was the scene near York earlier in the day. We have also had

:26:02. > :26:04.heavy showers and thunderstorms around, too. If we look at the top

:26:05. > :26:09.temperatures from today across the country, 32 degrees in London, quite

:26:10. > :26:13.widely in the high 20s across England and Wales, slightly fresh of

:26:14. > :26:17.Scotland and Northern Ireland, 18 degrees in Glasgow. We have also got

:26:18. > :26:23.heavy showers and thunderstorms across parts of north-east England,

:26:24. > :26:27.down towards East Anglia. If you catch a heavy shower, it could bring

:26:28. > :26:31.lying surface water, spray on the roads and the threat of hail and

:26:32. > :26:34.lightning. Potential travel disruption as we had through the

:26:35. > :26:37.evening hours across parts of eastern England. Heavy showers push

:26:38. > :26:41.out of the way quickly as we move overnight. Dry across England and

:26:42. > :26:45.Wales tonight, patchy rain to Scotland and Northern Ireland. Look

:26:46. > :26:51.at the overnight temperatures holding up at 17 or 18 degrees.

:26:52. > :26:55.Sticky and humid overnight. Through the day tomorrow, sunshine across

:26:56. > :26:59.England and Wales in the morning. In the north, for Scotland and Northern

:27:00. > :27:03.Ireland, more cloud, patchy rain sinking south into the afternoon. We

:27:04. > :27:09.keep the heat, not as hot as it was today, but we are likely to see 27

:27:10. > :27:13.or 28 in the South East, fresher in the north-west. Heading through to

:27:14. > :27:17.the weekend, fairly slow-moving front sitting across Central parts

:27:18. > :27:21.of the country on Saturday. Perhaps bringing a few spots of rain,

:27:22. > :27:25.dividing the warmth in the south, fresh conditions further north.

:27:26. > :27:30.Still looking at the mid 20s on Saturday. And into Sunday, too. Dry

:27:31. > :27:34.and fine weather, but a chance of further big thunderstorms on Sunday.

:27:35. > :27:46.The man who led the enquiry into the Iraqi war says Tony Blair relied

:27:47. > :27:53.more on his beliefs than fact in deciding on intervention.

:27:54. > :28:00.And a damning report into care services in England has found one

:28:01. > :28:04.It's goodbye from me - and on BBC One we now join the BBC's