:00:00. > :00:00.Millions of people will now have to work a year longer
:00:00. > :00:08.to get their state pension, as the government brings forward
:00:09. > :00:15.Six million will be affected by the change in 2037,
:00:16. > :00:21.that's anyone currently aged between 39 and 47.
:00:22. > :00:24.We have to face up the fact that if we live longer,
:00:25. > :00:27.we can't expect the state pension age to be static,
:00:28. > :00:34.otherwise the costs just build up and build up.
:00:35. > :00:39.I wouldn't want to work full-time until I was 68 regardless, you know.
:00:40. > :00:43.Some people will not be in the luxurious position of having
:00:44. > :00:47.The Government says the change will secure dignified,
:00:48. > :01:00.The BBC reveals the pay of its top stars, and just a third are women.
:01:01. > :01:03.Salvaging what they can - the residents of a village
:01:04. > :01:07.in Cornwall clean up after devastating flash floods.
:01:08. > :01:12.He had both hands amputated because of a serious infection.
:01:13. > :01:15.Now Zion Harvey can write, and even play baseball.
:01:16. > :01:18.And a zoo in Wiltshire joins the fight to save the northern
:01:19. > :01:23.white rhino, perilously close to extinction.
:01:24. > :01:26.And coming up in Sportsday on BBC News - the clash
:01:27. > :01:30.Tournament favourites England take on Scotland in their opening game
:01:31. > :01:53.at the Women's European Championship.
:01:54. > :01:55.Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.
:01:56. > :01:58.Millions of people now in their early forties
:01:59. > :02:00.will have to work a year longer before receiving their state
:02:01. > :02:05.The government today announced it's decided to bring
:02:06. > :02:08.forward plans to raise the retirement age to 68.
:02:09. > :02:11.It's estimated six million people will be affected,
:02:12. > :02:14.those currently aged between 39 and 47,
:02:15. > :02:18.with the rise in the pension age being phased in by 2039, seven years
:02:19. > :02:25.The government argues the change will save more
:02:26. > :02:27.than ?70 billion but Labour says the policy isn't fair.
:02:28. > :02:36.Our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg reports.
:02:37. > :02:43.Whether you are paid to dig the roads outside Parliament or park
:02:44. > :02:47.your posterior on the green benches inside, millions of us will have to
:02:48. > :02:55.wait longer and pay more before getting the state pension back.
:02:56. > :02:57.Secretary David Cork. Today, I am announcing the government's
:02:58. > :03:02.intention to accept the key recommendation of the griddle and
:03:03. > :03:11.review and increased the state pension age from 67 to 68/2 years
:03:12. > :03:16.from 27 -- from 2037. In other words, whether it's the cliche of
:03:17. > :03:20.taking to the Bowling Green, looking after grandchildren, travelling the
:03:21. > :03:25.world or frankly anything out, another 6 million people are born in
:03:26. > :03:29.the 70s will have to work an extra year before the state will help
:03:30. > :03:35.support their old age. We have defaced up to the fact that if we
:03:36. > :03:40.live we can't expect the state pension age to be static. Otherwise,
:03:41. > :03:44.the costs just build up and up and become unsustainable and a
:03:45. > :03:47.government in future is forced to take some kind of panic measure and
:03:48. > :03:52.we don't want that to have to happen. What would you say though to
:03:53. > :03:56.younger voters who might look at this and say, look, this is the
:03:57. > :04:01.Tories again protecting pensioners now and not caring enough about
:04:02. > :04:06.younger generations? If you try to ignore this, pretend there isn't an
:04:07. > :04:12.issue, it's not doing any a favour. What we want is a proper, dignified
:04:13. > :04:17.retirement, but also being fair to future generations of taxpayers.
:04:18. > :04:21.Anne-Marie Loughridge is a music teacher in Glasgow. As a
:04:22. > :04:25.39-year-old, she is one of those who will have to keep going for longer
:04:26. > :04:31.before her pension kicks in. I wouldn't want to work full-time
:04:32. > :04:36.until I was 68. The thought of being forced to. Some people will not be
:04:37. > :04:40.in the luxurious position of having enough cash saved to do so, you
:04:41. > :04:47.know, to stop early and perhaps wait it out for a few years. The Tories
:04:48. > :04:49.have been accused of trickery by making this announcement after the
:04:50. > :04:52.election. They know it's not appealing, telling millions of us we
:04:53. > :04:58.will have to work longer, but they believe it is a must do rather than
:04:59. > :05:01.a political win. We think it's a real mistake. We want to look at a
:05:02. > :05:07.more flexible state retirement age, taking into account the nature of
:05:08. > :05:12.work, so some work being much more arduous, more physically demanding,
:05:13. > :05:17.but also in terms of how people are, how long they contribute to the
:05:18. > :05:20.system. The government knows this is controversial and won't try actually
:05:21. > :05:26.to rewrite the law for months. Not just the change, but making it will
:05:27. > :05:28.take some time. LaRocca and Bob, Westminster.
:05:29. > :05:31.Our Economics Correspondent Andy Verity is at the Department
:05:32. > :05:44.Andy, if you are under 47 on the face of it, this seems like a bad
:05:45. > :05:51.day? If you are under the age of 47 or above the age of 38, because if
:05:52. > :05:55.you are 38 or younger, this was already happening. It's just that
:05:56. > :06:00.half generation in between those being -- born between April 1970 and
:06:01. > :06:05.April 1978 who thought they were going to be able to draw their state
:06:06. > :06:10.pension at the age of 67 until today when they found out it would be
:06:11. > :06:14.closer to 68. Against that, the government said, yes, but that
:06:15. > :06:17.generation will live longer, so they will draw their late pension for
:06:18. > :06:21.longer than today's pensioners and end up with a bigger benefit on
:06:22. > :06:29.their state pension. On the other hand, it is also the generation who
:06:30. > :06:34.has been paying for austerity. There are incomes have stagnated and they
:06:35. > :06:36.are bearing the brunt of cuts to working age benefits whilst
:06:37. > :06:44.pensioners benefits aren't really being cut at all. The generational
:06:45. > :06:48.contrasts are now becoming starker and darker and this reform is
:06:49. > :06:50.unlikely to change that. Andy, thanks for that. Andy Verity at the
:06:51. > :06:52.Department for Work and Pensions. Today, for the first time,
:06:53. > :06:55.the BBC has unveiled the earnings The move, forced by the government,
:06:56. > :06:59.means the corporation must outline how much it pays on-air talent
:07:00. > :07:02.earning more than ?150,000. Chris Evans is the highest
:07:03. > :07:04.paid presenter, with up Gary Lineker is next,
:07:05. > :07:09.earning up to ?1.8million. Then comes Graham Norton,
:07:10. > :07:11.on ?900,000, though that figure Other well known faces
:07:12. > :07:17.include Jeremy Vine, who's paid up to ?750,000,
:07:18. > :07:21.John Humphrys on up to ?650,000, and Huw Edwards, who earns
:07:22. > :07:27.between ?550,000 and ?599,000. But there's controversy
:07:28. > :07:29.over how many women make Claudia Winkleman is the highest
:07:30. > :07:35.paid, with up to ?499,000, then Alex Jones on up to ?449,000,
:07:36. > :07:38.with Fiona Bruce receiving up Well, the BBC's Director General,
:07:39. > :07:45.Lord Hall has been defending the payments, saying
:07:46. > :07:49.the Corporation is operating Our Media Correspondent David
:07:50. > :08:00.Sillito has more details. His report contains some flashing
:08:01. > :08:02.images. The secrets are out -
:08:03. > :08:05.Gary Lineker of Match of the Day is the second highest-paid star
:08:06. > :08:07.in the BBC. But at number one, it's Chris Evans
:08:08. > :08:13.on ?2.2 million for presenting There was a little crowd
:08:14. > :08:18.of reporters waiting We are the ultimate
:08:19. > :08:30.public company, I think. And therefore I think it's
:08:31. > :08:32.probably on balance, right and proper that
:08:33. > :08:35.people know what we get paid. Gary Lineker's deal is heading
:08:36. > :08:38.towards ?1.8 million. Radio 2's Jeremy Vine takes
:08:39. > :08:41.on just under ?750,000. Huw Edwards earns
:08:42. > :08:45.between ?550,000-?599,000. And John Humphrys from the Today
:08:46. > :08:49.programme and Mastermind gets almost ?650,000,
:08:50. > :08:52.and today he was the one facing On paper, absolutely nothing that
:08:53. > :08:59.justifies that huge amount of If you compare me with lots of other
:09:00. > :09:04.people who do visible... If a doctor saves a child's life,
:09:05. > :09:07.or if a nurse comforts a However, we operate
:09:08. > :09:12.in a market place. I think I provide
:09:13. > :09:14.a fairly useful service. Somebody has to do the job of trying
:09:15. > :09:18.to hold power to account. What's also notable
:09:19. > :09:21.are the names that are missing. No David Attenborough,
:09:22. > :09:26.no Mary Berry. Anyone paid through an independent
:09:27. > :09:29.production company or the BBC's commercial arm isn't on the list,
:09:30. > :09:33.so Graham Norton's earnings from his production company are
:09:34. > :09:37.probably not included. But it is still a list of 96 names
:09:38. > :09:42.earning more than ?150,000. We are constantly working
:09:43. > :09:46.at ensuring that we get the balance right between our public, who want
:09:47. > :09:49.to have great shows presented by stars and great presenters,
:09:50. > :09:55.and they also wanting to know that their money,
:09:56. > :09:58.and it's their money, public That's always a balance,
:09:59. > :10:03.and over the last two or three years, yes,
:10:04. > :10:06.some key presenters and others have On the BBC tour today
:10:07. > :10:12.in Salford there were some who felt
:10:13. > :10:15.it could go further. They're doing high-pressure
:10:16. > :10:19.jobs, a lot is expected of them, but it's hard
:10:20. > :10:21.to imagine earning sums like that. So I'm going to say, no,
:10:22. > :10:24.they're not worth that. It's really important, so we should
:10:25. > :10:28.be able to pay competitive I am a bit shocked at
:10:29. > :10:32.what Chris Evans gets paid. They are on large amounts,
:10:33. > :10:34.but I've noticed that Indeed, the highest-paid
:10:35. > :10:39.woman only just Claudia Winkleman
:10:40. > :10:50.at around ?450,000. Indeed, looking at the list,
:10:51. > :10:53.two thirds of the names are men. In the top 20, there
:10:54. > :10:56.are just five women, and when it comes to black or Asian
:10:57. > :10:59.or BAME presenters, there's They need to know where the money
:11:00. > :11:12.is being spent and that they're getting that value for money,
:11:13. > :11:14.and I think by having that transparency,
:11:15. > :11:16.we have the opportunity to see where there's maybe gender pay gap,
:11:17. > :11:19.and where there's issues about BAME presenters perhaps not being paid
:11:20. > :11:21.as much as others. Meanwhile, at Radio 2,
:11:22. > :11:23.the listeners were turning Are you embarrassed
:11:24. > :11:26.to pick up your paycheque? I'm just sorry, I think the BBC's
:11:27. > :11:32.really hurting today. Derek Thompson,
:11:33. > :11:39.Charlie from Casualty. Of course, most actors are off
:11:40. > :11:42.the list, because they work for independents, and with Amazon
:11:43. > :11:44.and Netflix, talent It's not just ITV outbidding the BBC
:11:45. > :11:53.any more, but for those paying the license fee, today has been
:11:54. > :12:07.an eye opening glimpse into This is clearly an uncomfortable day
:12:08. > :12:11.for the BBC. They didn't want to do this and had its reservations. One
:12:12. > :12:16.wonders what the longer term ramifications of this might be. The
:12:17. > :12:22.politics of it out of bad making. As you say, the BBC didn't want to do
:12:23. > :12:25.this. They fought a strong fight against the government saying they
:12:26. > :12:30.shouldn't be forced to make disclosures. They said this was
:12:31. > :12:35.going to be inflationary and would lead to pay rises and that it would
:12:36. > :12:39.also be a poacher 's charter, and that people would sweep in other
:12:40. > :12:43.BBC's talent. If that doesn't happen over the coming weeks and months,
:12:44. > :12:51.the government would say the BBC made these arguments, but that
:12:52. > :12:56.hasn't happened and they may say that it was a good thing and they
:12:57. > :13:02.were lower the transit -- the threshold next year. Based on the
:13:03. > :13:06.conversation I have had here at the BBC and at Westminster, I would say
:13:07. > :13:09.this is the start of a pretty long ordeal for the corporation. Thank
:13:10. > :13:10.you very much. You can see the full list
:13:11. > :13:13.of salaries, published today There's also a longer
:13:14. > :13:17.version of Amol's interview with the Director General,
:13:18. > :13:22.Tony Hall. From January, businesses will be
:13:23. > :13:24.banned from charging fees on transactions made by debit
:13:25. > :13:26.and credit card. It follows a directive
:13:27. > :13:29.from the European Union to end the charges often imposed
:13:30. > :13:31.by airlines, food delivery The Treasury says the fees cost
:13:32. > :13:37.consumers ?473 million a year. British Airways cabin crew have
:13:38. > :13:40.announced a new 14-day strike next month, in their ongoing
:13:41. > :13:43.dispute over pay. The walkout by members
:13:44. > :13:45.of the Unite union will start on the 2nd of August,
:13:46. > :13:47.when their current The dispute is becoming one
:13:48. > :13:52.of the longest-running in the aviation industry,
:13:53. > :14:04.with 46 days of strikes so far. The flooding has been
:14:05. > :14:06.described as "devastating," in the coastal village of Coverack
:14:07. > :14:08.on the Lizard Peninsula Three hours of torrential
:14:09. > :14:11.downpours yesterday, sent a four-foot wall of water
:14:12. > :14:13.crashing through the village, with some people having to be
:14:14. > :14:15.rescued from the roofs Look at the mess, all
:14:16. > :14:32.this mud everywhere. Back home, but it's not
:14:33. > :14:35.the home they know and love. Chris and Penny's place
:14:36. > :14:37.has been trashed. The water was higher
:14:38. > :14:38.than their heads. And here they are last night,
:14:39. > :14:44.as the water raged below, the couple airlifted to safety
:14:45. > :14:50.by the coastguard. I just wanted to get
:14:51. > :14:52.out and get away. They told me it was heartbreaking
:14:53. > :14:55.to look down from the helicopter It was just like the Titanic
:14:56. > :14:59.sinking, you know? That made me upset,
:15:00. > :15:05.and he was crying and upset. He worked so hard and made it
:15:06. > :15:08.so nice, and then we get Torrential rain, then
:15:09. > :15:21.tonnes of water thundering down from the hills,
:15:22. > :15:24.carrying everything in its wake. Mary has found her elderly
:15:25. > :15:27.mother's walking frame among It's happened, we can't put it back,
:15:28. > :15:37.we've just got to get on and carry It will get back to normal,
:15:38. > :15:44.we're Cornish - that's what we do. The mud and rocks can be cleared
:15:45. > :15:48.quickly, but major structural The main road into Coverack looks
:15:49. > :15:55.like it's been ripped At this time of year,
:15:56. > :16:01.there'd normally be thousands of holiday-makers
:16:02. > :16:04.driving down this road every day, to get to the harbour,
:16:05. > :16:10.but it's going to be a while before Caroline Davies was
:16:11. > :16:16.rescued from this car. Today, she realised how close she'd
:16:17. > :16:19.been to where the road collapsed. It really is, to think one day
:16:20. > :16:22.you're just driving along They're used to bad weather here,
:16:23. > :16:29.but they hope they won't have to deal with anything too extreme
:16:30. > :16:43.for a while. Tonight it is raining again, not as
:16:44. > :16:46.heavily as it was yesterday, but again it makes people here and
:16:47. > :16:50.others. The authorities have spent all day clearing the roads. Tonight,
:16:51. > :16:53.as you can see, the Environment Agency clearing the rivers and
:16:54. > :16:56.Brooks of those stones and boulders that were washed down from the
:16:57. > :16:59.hills. There seems to be a determination here to get things
:17:00. > :17:06.done and to reassure people that things are getting done.
:17:07. > :17:10.Many thanks, John Kay live in Coverack in Cornwall.
:17:11. > :17:15.Six million people will now have to work a year longer
:17:16. > :17:18.The Government says it'll rise from 2037.
:17:19. > :17:21.The 10-year-old who had a double hand transplant,
:17:22. > :17:25.we'll hear about his remarkable recovery.
:17:26. > :17:29.The Open Championship starts tomorrow.
:17:30. > :17:30.Who will emulate last year's champion Henrik Stenson,
:17:31. > :17:43.and walk off with the famous Claret Jug on Sunday?
:17:44. > :17:46.A zoo in Wiltshire, is taking part in a radical plan,
:17:47. > :17:48.to save the northern white rhino from extinction.
:17:49. > :17:52.There are just three left in the world,
:17:53. > :17:54.but at Longleat Safari Park, the rhino's closest relatives,
:17:55. > :18:08.Our Science Correspondent Rebecca Morelle has this exclusive report.
:18:09. > :18:11.Meet Ebun - a seven-year-old southern white rhino who could
:18:12. > :18:17.The one and a half tonne animal is sedated.
:18:18. > :18:23.A little agitated at first, but soon she is sound asleep.
:18:24. > :18:25.She is ready to take part in an experimental
:18:26. > :18:32.Scientists are harvesting her eggs to be fertilised in a lab.
:18:33. > :18:42.The team here are keeping an incredibly close eye on this rhino.
:18:43. > :18:46.It is essential she stays under heavy sedation.
:18:47. > :18:48.Over the last week or so she's been given hormone treatment,
:18:49. > :18:55.but what's been done today requires millimetre precision.
:18:56. > :19:00.Egg collection is really only a technique that has been
:19:01. > :19:09.This is conservation science at its most extreme.
:19:10. > :19:11.Here's the animal Ebun could save, her closest living relative,
:19:12. > :19:14.Once widespread across central Africa, today there are just
:19:15. > :19:28.Back at long bleat in a makeshift laboratory, the researchers check
:19:29. > :19:32.for eggs. They find one. They will take this southern white rain I egg
:19:33. > :19:38.and mix it with sperm from one of the last northern white rhinos,
:19:39. > :19:42.creating a hybrid. Scientists say it is better than losing the species
:19:43. > :19:47.altogether. The last three can diet at any time, they are not as old but
:19:48. > :19:53.anything can happen to them and then all the genetics would be lost. If
:19:54. > :19:57.we have at least 50% of this species preserved in a hybrid embryo, we
:19:58. > :20:04.would preserve at least half of this for future generations. With her job
:20:05. > :20:10.done, Ebun is soon back on her feet. The safari park is proud of the role
:20:11. > :20:15.she will play. With the northern white rhino being so jeopardised in
:20:16. > :20:18.numbers, these techniques is a huge advance the science and
:20:19. > :20:24.conservation, I suppose. It's a real honour to be able to help. The eggs
:20:25. > :20:28.are now being rushed back to a laboratory in Italy. There is a 20
:20:29. > :20:33.hour window to prepare them for fertilisation. They could be
:20:34. > :20:36.implanted back into Ebun, but with her northern cousins so close to
:20:37. > :20:39.extinction, it's a race against time.
:20:40. > :20:41.One of the country's leading providers of care,
:20:42. > :20:45.to people with serious learning disabilities, says demands
:20:46. > :20:48.to backdate pay for carers who sleep at their place of work,
:20:49. > :20:51.could force the sector "to the brink of disaster."
:20:52. > :20:57.Mencap says the change in pay rules, will cost 400 million
:20:58. > :20:58.and could ruin many smaller providers.
:20:59. > :21:04.The government says it's considering the issue carefully.
:21:05. > :21:10.The Duke and Duchess of Kent have arrived in Germany on the second leg
:21:11. > :21:13.of the European tour. Crowd of well-wishers greeted them at the
:21:14. > :21:15.famous Brandenburg gate in Berlin. Earlier in the day they met with the
:21:16. > :21:18.German Chancellor Angela Merkel. North Sea cod, caught
:21:19. > :21:20.by English and Scottish boats, has been reclassified
:21:21. > :21:24.as a sustainable fish stock. The Marine Stewardship Council says
:21:25. > :21:26.stocks had recovered enough for it to be sold
:21:27. > :21:30.with their "blue tick" label. It follows a decade-long recovery
:21:31. > :21:32.plan drawn up by the fishing industry and European and Scottish
:21:33. > :21:37.authorities. A 10-year-old boy, who was the first
:21:38. > :21:41.child in the world to have a double hand transplant, is now able
:21:42. > :21:43.to write, dress himself Zion Harvey underwent surgery
:21:44. > :21:48.in Philadelphia two years ago, after losing his hands and feet
:21:49. > :21:50.following a sepsis infection. Doctors say the key to his recovery,
:21:51. > :22:11.has been Zion himself, and his Zion was already remarkable in the
:22:12. > :22:15.way he dealt with the loss of both his hands and feet. At the age of
:22:16. > :22:19.eight, was elected to undergo pioneering surgery. He spent ten
:22:20. > :22:24.hours having a double hand transplant, a world first in such a
:22:25. > :22:35.young patient. I just want to write a letter to the parents, for giving
:22:36. > :22:40.me their son's hands, because they didn't have to do that if they
:22:41. > :22:44.didn't want to. The operation was just the start and there followed
:22:45. > :22:50.months of intensive rehabilitation. Here we've had weeks of
:22:51. > :22:54.hospitalisation, but the only request for him to interact, to do
:22:55. > :23:00.therapy, to undergo testing, and again, there's never been one iota
:23:01. > :23:06.of resistance or I don't want to today, or I don't feel like it.
:23:07. > :23:10.Zion's body rejected the donor hand eight times but despite the
:23:11. > :23:15.setbacks, his recovery has gone well beyond his medical team's
:23:16. > :23:24.expectations. Now I can get myself dressed without anybody helping me.
:23:25. > :23:28.Now I can get a snack out the refrigerator without anybody helping
:23:29. > :23:32.me. Tests have shown that Zion's brain is connecting with his new
:23:33. > :23:36.hands, allowing him control over how they move. His progress has been
:23:37. > :23:42.watched by transplant experts around the world. He's done very well, he's
:23:43. > :23:47.a remarkable young boy, but it's a remarkably successful surgery. And
:23:48. > :23:54.as impressive as the surgery has been Zion and his determination to
:23:55. > :23:59.make it work. If any kid is watching this, and you're going through a
:24:00. > :24:02.rough time, never give up on what you're doing. You'll get there
:24:03. > :24:07.eventually. The world's best golfers
:24:08. > :24:11.are gathering at Royal Birkdale, near Southport, ahead of the 146th
:24:12. > :24:13.Open Championship, One of the favourites
:24:14. > :24:18.is the Englishman Tommy Fleetwood. Originally from Southport,
:24:19. > :24:21.he played on the course as a child. Now he's in the form of his life
:24:22. > :24:36.Andy Swiss has been to meet him... He's the Birkdale boil hoping to
:24:37. > :24:40.become a hometown hero. -- Birkdale boy. The rise of Tommy Fleetwood is
:24:41. > :24:47.one of sport's most raptors are, from nowhere to 2017 top European
:24:48. > :24:50.golfer and this year's open is barely a tea shop from where he grew
:24:51. > :24:54.up. Fleetwood one of their favourites at a course where when he
:24:55. > :24:58.was seven he told me he used to sneak onto practice. I used to sneak
:24:59. > :25:03.on, which is only come out recently. I can't go back on my word now! I'd
:25:04. > :25:08.love to speak to my seven-year-old self and outs and tell him what was
:25:09. > :25:11.going to happen in 20 years. How exciting is it going to be for your
:25:12. > :25:17.friends and family, I assume a lot of them will be here? A lot of
:25:18. > :25:20.people's home tournament isn't the British tournament, so that's an
:25:21. > :25:24.amazing feeling and experience, having that as the home event. I
:25:25. > :25:28.hope I can give them something to cheer about, that's the main thing
:25:29. > :25:31.to do, but it will be great. The fans here will be an Tommy
:25:32. > :25:35.Fleetwood's side but the history books won't. An Englishman has an
:25:36. > :25:43.won the open for 25 years, but this is a course where anything is
:25:44. > :25:48.possible. Remember this? 1998 and a teenage amateur called Justin Rose.
:25:49. > :25:53.Rose finished fourth, the start of a stellar career. And guess what? That
:25:54. > :25:59.famous moment has now been immortalised in Lego, to the delight
:26:00. > :26:02.of a now model professional. That was the moment you can show your
:26:03. > :26:07.children. My kids are five and eight and my nephew is three. When you see
:26:08. > :26:12.them watch it and see them impressed because it is now a Lego is seen,
:26:13. > :26:16.that's when you know it was a call achievement. Rose is now a major
:26:17. > :26:22.winner and Olympic champion. He says he has unfinished business here, but
:26:23. > :26:25.those hunting for a home at victory have faith in the Fleetwood factor.
:26:26. > :26:31.The boy who used to play here in secret now ready for the biggest
:26:32. > :26:33.stage of all. Andy Swiss, BBC News, Birkdale.
:26:34. > :26:38.Hopefully they will have good weather on Merseyside for the start
:26:39. > :26:39.of the Open tomorrow. A lot of folks in Cornwall worried about the
:26:40. > :26:49.weather. Yes, You can see how this line of
:26:50. > :26:55.thunderstorms just kept coming in around the Coverack area. Those
:26:56. > :26:58.storms really were torrential. The story has now moved a little further
:26:59. > :27:02.northwards across North Wales we have had torrential rain over the
:27:03. > :27:09.course of this afternoon. Reports of localised flooding in real and
:27:10. > :27:13.flooding you can see here on one of our pictures sent in by Alex Jones,
:27:14. > :27:18.showing the waters and the car struggling to get through. Over the
:27:19. > :27:21.last hour or so those torrential downpours have worked into
:27:22. > :27:26.Lancashire, particularly in Blackhall and ligaments and hands.
:27:27. > :27:32.Those storms will also work across parts of Cumbria is bigger through
:27:33. > :27:35.the next hours. The rain will move into Scotland overnight and some
:27:36. > :27:40.damp weather pushing eastwards across England. It will stay humid
:27:41. > :27:44.in eastern areas, temperatures 18 or so in Norwich, fresher conditions in
:27:45. > :27:48.the West. Looking at the picture for tomorrow, the fresher air will blow
:27:49. > :27:52.the crowd and rain away from Scotland and England. And improving
:27:53. > :27:56.weather picture. Some sunshine and it will feel fresher, temperatures
:27:57. > :27:59.not far off average and it will feel pleasant. The winds pick up towards
:28:00. > :28:11.the west and that will bring cloud and rain into Northern Ireland.
:28:12. > :28:14.Highs just 17 degrees, and that is a taste of what we have to come. Low
:28:15. > :28:16.pressure will be in charge on Friday, the weekend and beyond.
:28:17. > :28:19.Outbreaks for rain for Northern Ireland. Cool weather, temperatures
:28:20. > :28:24.of 16-17. Warm sunshine across eastern areas. The weekend looking
:28:25. > :28:32.showery, quite a bit of cloud and it will be on the cool side.
:28:33. > :28:35.Many thanks. A reminder of our main story tonight... 6 million people
:28:36. > :28:40.will now have to work a year longer to get their state pension. The
:28:41. > :28:45.government says it will rise from 2037. That is it, so goodbye from
:28:46. > :28:46.the BBC News at six. Now on