02/08/2017

:00:00. > :00:07.Scientists think they are a step closer to preventing inherited

:00:08. > :00:12.diseases being passed on in families.

:00:13. > :00:15.They have repaired a faulty gene in human embryos.

:00:16. > :00:23.A method of being able to avoid having affected children, passing on

:00:24. > :00:26.the defective gene, could be really very important for those families,

:00:27. > :00:34.They called themselves The Three Musketeers,

:00:35. > :00:36.the terrorist cell found guilty of planning attacks

:00:37. > :00:43.So is Neymar worth a record ?200 million?

:00:44. > :00:48.That's the price tag Barcelona have put on him.

:00:49. > :00:50.A new study says pension reform has left a million women poorer,

:00:51. > :00:59.Bowing out after seven decades, Prince Philip carries

:01:00. > :01:07.And coming up in Sportsday on BBC News:

:01:08. > :01:09.We'll look ahead to a really important night for Celtic

:01:10. > :01:11.as Brendan Rogers' side head to Norway to take

:01:12. > :01:33.on Rosenborg in the second leg of their Champions League qualifier.

:01:34. > :01:37.Hello and welcome to the BBC News at Six.

:01:38. > :01:40.There is new hope tonight for thousands of families who live

:01:41. > :01:43.with the prospect of passing on inherited diseases

:01:44. > :01:47.For the first time, scientists have successfully repaired

:01:48. > :01:54.The US and South Korean team used a process known as 'gene editing'

:01:55. > :02:02.to correct DNA that causes a deadly heart condition.

:02:03. > :02:05.The contraversial technique is still at the early research

:02:06. > :02:07.stage, but it raises the hope of preventing

:02:08. > :02:09.10,000 gene disorders, which pass down the generations.

:02:10. > :02:14.Our medical correspondent Fergus Walsh reports.

:02:15. > :02:22.The goal could not be more ambitious, to eradicate inherited

:02:23. > :02:27.diseases. These scientists have taken an impressive first step on a

:02:28. > :02:33.long road, editing DNA in human embryos. So how is it done? Inside

:02:34. > :02:38.the nucleus of each of ourselves is our gene known, brilliance of pieces

:02:39. > :02:42.of DNA. It is the instruction manual for life. The scientists were

:02:43. > :02:50.targeting a faulty gene that causes a serious heart condition. They have

:02:51. > :02:58.fixed a faulty gene. They then injected the gene editing system,

:02:59. > :03:04.which scans the DNA like a spellchecker Awsat now. It then cuts

:03:05. > :03:08.both strands of the DNA, and removes the faulty gene, a healthy copy of

:03:09. > :03:14.the gene from the egg is then naturally inserted. Here are some of

:03:15. > :03:20.the embryos from the study in the journal nature after being edited,

:03:21. > :03:25.42 of 58 embryos were corrected. They were allowed to develop a five

:03:26. > :03:30.days, none was implanted. We're very excited about the work... The

:03:31. > :03:36.research has been welcomed by 18 in London, who have a license to edit

:03:37. > :03:41.human embryos. They say the technology could eventually help

:03:42. > :03:46.many families. There are some nasty genetic diseases like Huntington, or

:03:47. > :03:51.a disease that affects heart function later in life, which can

:03:52. > :03:54.blight families for many generations. So a method of being

:03:55. > :03:59.able to avoid having affected children, passing on the defective

:04:00. > :04:04.gene, can be really very important for those families. Nicole Mowbray

:04:05. > :04:09.has the same heart condition that was corrected in human embryos. She

:04:10. > :04:16.now has a defibrillator implanted in her chest, in case her heart stops.

:04:17. > :04:20.She has a 50% risk of passing on the condition, but is unsure of whether

:04:21. > :04:25.she would consider gene editing. I wouldn't want to pass on something

:04:26. > :04:31.that caused my child to have a limited life or a painful life, or a

:04:32. > :04:34.life of risk. That does, obviously, come to the front of my mind when I

:04:35. > :04:41.think about having children. I wouldn't want to create the perfect

:04:42. > :04:48.child in inverted commas, I feel like my condition makes me me.

:04:49. > :04:53.Previous attempts at editing human embryos in China led to serious

:04:54. > :04:57.errors in the DNA. There is a lot of work needed before this can be

:04:58. > :05:01.considered safe, and it raises ethical issues about how far science

:05:02. > :05:10.should go to create healthy babies. Big advances, as you suggest, but

:05:11. > :05:14.let's be clear, this is not something that will happen next

:05:15. > :05:18.year. We are at the foothills of this technology, there is still a

:05:19. > :05:23.mountain to climb. This is controversial, George, critics will

:05:24. > :05:28.say this is the road towards designer babies. Let's be clear,

:05:29. > :05:32.what we are talking about is designing out faulty genes that

:05:33. > :05:37.cause terrible inherited disorders, often fatal. Not designing in

:05:38. > :05:42.positive traits. Critics say that will come next. Couples at risk of

:05:43. > :05:48.passing on a genetic disease already have options, they can have embryo

:05:49. > :05:53.screening through IVF. But this will allow more healthy embryos to be

:05:54. > :05:58.selected for them. Let's be clear, we are years away from potentially

:05:59. > :05:59.curing genetic disorders using gene editing, and still further from

:06:00. > :06:04.enhancing humans. Fergus, thank you. Four men from the West Midlands have

:06:05. > :06:07.been found guilty of plotting a terrorist attack similar to that

:06:08. > :06:09.carried out on the A gang calling themselves

:06:10. > :06:12."The Three Musketeers", along with one other man,

:06:13. > :06:14.were planning to attack police For security reasons,

:06:15. > :06:19.some of the trial had to be held in secret,

:06:20. > :06:30.as Phil Mackie reports. A major alert near the centre of

:06:31. > :06:34.Birmingham last August, homes and businesses were evacuated, the bomb

:06:35. > :06:37.disposal unit had to be called. It was the culmination of an elaborate

:06:38. > :06:41.operation resulting in several arrests, including these men that

:06:42. > :06:44.called themselves The Three Musketeers. Undercover officers

:06:45. > :06:49.found a cache of weapons in the back of one of their cars. There was a

:06:50. > :06:56.partially constructed pipe on, an imitation firearm, and a meat

:06:57. > :07:01.cleaver. They found them behind that read more, which was a small

:07:02. > :07:06.delivery business, but it was all a front. The boss was an undercover

:07:07. > :07:09.police officer, and it had been set up by MI5 as part of an elaborate

:07:10. > :07:14.deception to catch the terror cell they thought was plotting to attack

:07:15. > :07:20.either Ili? We all police, and they recruited two members to be delivery

:07:21. > :07:27.drivers. Naweed Ali and Khobaib Hussain were previously jailed. In

:07:28. > :07:32.prison, they met Mohibur Rahman, who served time for terrorist material.

:07:33. > :07:38.They left prison with the same itch to missed ideology. Then a friend

:07:39. > :07:40.was also recruited. When they held meetings in Birmingham and Stoke,

:07:41. > :07:47.they were being watched. They believed that violence was the

:07:48. > :07:51.answer and they were prepared to use violence somewhere in the United

:07:52. > :07:54.Kingdom in the furtherance of their ideology. Four very dangerous

:07:55. > :07:59.individuals, who had they not been stopped, they would have caused loss

:08:00. > :08:05.of life somewhere. The Ministry of Justice says it has supported

:08:06. > :08:08.training, but this case highlights the potential dangers from those

:08:09. > :08:13.with an extreme ideology when they are let out of prison. The fact that

:08:14. > :08:16.people are being released, and you know they are terrorists, they have

:08:17. > :08:22.been convicted, they are released back into society and there is no

:08:23. > :08:26.reason to think they are no longer radical. We need to ask ourselves a

:08:27. > :08:30.question, are you happy with that? It is suspected the four men will be

:08:31. > :08:35.jailed tomorrow, three of them for a second time.

:08:36. > :08:38.New research on the government's state pension reforms has found that

:08:39. > :08:40.more than a million women in their early 60s have

:08:41. > :08:45.According to the Institute for Fiscal Studies they are losing,

:08:46. > :08:49.Meanwhile, the government is saving more than ?5 billion a year.

:08:50. > :08:51.Emma Simpson has been looking at the plight of some

:08:52. > :09:05.No trips to the pictures. No trips to the pub. My life, my lifestyle,

:09:06. > :09:10.has changed. I can't do the things I used to do. Surely from Aberdeen is

:09:11. > :09:13.61. She can't work because of ill-health, and she can't get state

:09:14. > :09:27.pension either for another five years. The effect it has had on me,

:09:28. > :09:37.ending it all... Because having to... Rely on your family. But my

:09:38. > :09:43.son said to me, he said, "mum, you brought me up. You always gave me

:09:44. > :09:48.and I had it. It's my turn." But it's still hard. The decades, the

:09:49. > :09:54.pension age has stayed the same, women retired at 60, men at 65. But

:09:55. > :09:58.by 2020, both men and women will have to wait until they are 66

:09:59. > :10:04.before they can draw their state pension. The changes for women began

:10:05. > :10:11.in 2010, and it all depends on your date of birth. So, for instance, if

:10:12. > :10:16.I was born before the 6th of April 1950, I would still get my state

:10:17. > :10:22.pension at 60. But if I was born two years later, I would get that

:10:23. > :10:26.benefit at 62. And if I was born a couple of years after that, then I

:10:27. > :10:33.will be 66 before I draw my state pension. This former pensions

:10:34. > :10:36.minister told me the government was right to take action on the

:10:37. > :10:41.spiralling pensions Bill. But... Given the savings of many millions

:10:42. > :10:46.of pounds that the government is making, a small amount of that could

:10:47. > :10:50.be allocated to helping those women that have been pushed into poverty,

:10:51. > :10:55.bridge the gap between when they would have got their state pension,

:10:56. > :10:58.and when they will now receive it. Women have been campaigning for

:10:59. > :11:04.that. Ministers insist the changes are fair, we are living longer, and

:11:05. > :11:06.women retiring now will get a state pension longer than previous

:11:07. > :11:10.generations. They just need to get there.

:11:11. > :11:13.It looks like the record for a football transfer fee

:11:14. > :11:16.is about to be shattered again, with French club Paris St-Germain

:11:17. > :11:17.preparing an astonishing ?198 million bid

:11:18. > :11:23.That's more than twice the current record.

:11:24. > :11:29.Neymar's current club, Barcelona, have given him

:11:30. > :11:34.One of his advisers says the deal could be done by the weekend.

:11:35. > :11:37.Our Sports News Correspondent Richard Conway is in Paris.

:11:38. > :11:46.This is a huge amount of money, I suppose it is football's version of

:11:47. > :11:53.hyperinflation, Richard. It is a huge amount of money, but then, one

:11:54. > :12:00.of the mottos of this club is "Dream bigger." And there can be no bigger

:12:01. > :12:05.dream than signing a player of Neymar's calibre. This morning, he

:12:06. > :12:08.went to Barcelona, his current club, to officially train. But they gave

:12:09. > :12:12.him permission to knock train, instead he said goodbye to his

:12:13. > :12:17.current team-mates. Then the club issued a statement saying he had

:12:18. > :12:21.formally requested to leave, and that full release clause in his

:12:22. > :12:30.contract must be paid in full if he is to depart, that is 222 million

:12:31. > :12:35.euros. Today at the club shop on the Champs-Elysees, a lot of fans and

:12:36. > :12:39.people excited, asking if he has signed yet. Not just yet. But the

:12:40. > :12:43.inevitability is it is going that way, and by the weekend, in times of

:12:44. > :12:47.Paris Saint-Germain's first league fixture of the season, we will see

:12:48. > :12:54.Neymar in the blue shirt of Paris Saint-Germain. Richard, thank you.

:12:55. > :12:56.After 70 years of official public engagements, the Duke of Edinburgh

:12:57. > :12:59.made his final solo appearance on royal duty today.

:13:00. > :13:01.Now 96, he's the longest serving consort in British history.

:13:02. > :13:03.Our Royal Correspondent Nicholas Witchell is at

:13:04. > :13:16.He didn't let the rain stop him, did he? It certainly did rain on his

:13:17. > :13:20.final solo parade. We mustn't forget that we will still see him from time

:13:21. > :13:24.to time alongside the Queen at major events. But for someone who is

:13:25. > :13:28.famously no-nonsense in his approach, and he doesn't really do

:13:29. > :13:29.too much in the way of sentiment, I thought he looked really chuffed at

:13:30. > :13:32.his sendoff. It was the kind of afternoon

:13:33. > :13:35.weather-wise which might have made Quite apart from the fact that

:13:36. > :13:39.in the Duke's case he's been doing But there he was, on the forecourt

:13:40. > :13:45.of Buckingham Palace, a man of 96, standing to attention in the pouring

:13:46. > :13:48.rain for the salute he has There were many things

:13:49. > :13:57.to remind him of the past decade. The parade had been mounted

:13:58. > :14:01.by the Royal Marines, the fighting force which is part

:14:02. > :14:03.of his beloved Royal Navy. And in the background

:14:04. > :14:09.was the Palace where he has attended so many events,

:14:10. > :14:11.garden parties and the formal And where his programme,

:14:12. > :14:18.22,000 solo engagements, more than 5000 speeches,

:14:19. > :14:20.has been planned. The Duke strode across

:14:21. > :14:26.the forecourt, no stick for him and woe betide anyone who might

:14:27. > :14:29.suggest such a thing. And as he went, the crowd outside

:14:30. > :14:34.the Palace applauded. The Royal Marines

:14:35. > :14:42.gave him three cheers. The Duke waved his

:14:43. > :14:47.hat and strode away. And as he went, the band

:14:48. > :14:52.of Her Majesty's Royal Marines played, For He's

:14:53. > :15:00.A Jolly Good Fellow. After 70 years service,

:15:01. > :15:04.and with his own separate programme of royal engagements now concluded,

:15:05. > :15:06.who today would have Nicholas Witchell,

:15:07. > :15:19.BBC News, Buckingham Palace. scientists think they've found a way

:15:20. > :15:29.to eradicate inherited heart disease They were the stars of 2012,

:15:30. > :15:33.what happens when they pass We have a visit from The world

:15:34. > :15:47.and Olympic champion Adam Peaty who tells us the best is yet to come

:15:48. > :15:57.in his career as he prioritises In America, the Trump Presidency

:15:58. > :16:01.has been controversial to allow more oil exploration

:16:02. > :16:07.in the Arctic ocean that A coalition of organisations has

:16:08. > :16:13.called the plan unconstitutional. The Inupiat whale hunters

:16:14. > :16:15.of northern Alaska could feel the greatest impact

:16:16. > :16:20.of any future drilling. Our Environment Correspondent Claire

:16:21. > :16:23.Marshall travelled more than 300 The climate is changing

:16:24. > :16:36.and the ice that covers Here the conflict between

:16:37. > :16:39.the natural world and the business This town is the furthest north

:16:40. > :16:44.in the United States, so remote it is cut off by road

:16:45. > :16:48.from the rest of the country. The Inupiat call the

:16:49. > :16:54.ocean their garden. And this is where they store

:16:55. > :17:03.the harvest of whale meat. If that's kidney put it

:17:04. > :17:08.on top of the heart. I don't know where the heart is.

:17:09. > :17:12.It's right in front of you. This is an ice cellar dug

:17:13. > :17:14.out of the permafrost, It helps to sustain them

:17:15. > :17:17.during the long Arctic winter. As your mouth starts to warm it up

:17:18. > :17:23.it softens up like chocolate. It's a richness you can't

:17:24. > :17:26.get from anything else. I'll just have a little one.

:17:27. > :17:36.Put it on your tongue. Don't try and chew it real fast,

:17:37. > :17:40.just kind of let it dissolve Then start chewing it.

:17:41. > :17:43.But it should... No.

:17:44. > :17:47.No, it's not my thing. I don't mind the meat,

:17:48. > :17:49.I don't mind the meat of it, We use white because

:17:50. > :17:55.the whales can see colour. She takes us to

:17:56. > :18:01.a feast on the beach. The Inupiat have hunted the bowhead

:18:02. > :18:04.whale in their sealskin boats Now Donald Trump intends

:18:05. > :18:10.to reverse the ban on drilling And many are afraid they will

:18:11. > :18:20.lose their way of life. I honestly want to be at the shore

:18:21. > :18:23.and tell him, "No, you can't." I mean, just imagine if there

:18:24. > :18:27.were to be a big spill in the ocean. None of this would be

:18:28. > :18:29.happening right now. this town is almost

:18:30. > :18:32.entirely dependent on oil. Taxes on the industry in other

:18:33. > :18:35.parts of the country pay for the infrastructure and every

:18:36. > :18:43.Alaskan gets a yearly cash dividend. Fred Brauer believes

:18:44. > :18:50.that oil is the only way So there's an opportunity

:18:51. > :18:56.to coexist together. And an opportunity for not only

:18:57. > :18:59.industry to thrive but also We are closer to the North Pole

:19:00. > :19:06.here than we are to Washington, DC. But the White House has its eyes

:19:07. > :19:09.firmly fixed on this region. It is an unstable world

:19:10. > :19:11.and what lies beneath this ice could be crucial to the energy

:19:12. > :19:19.security of the United States. But drilling here would be very

:19:20. > :19:26.risky, just as it is risky to hunt. some other hunters take us out

:19:27. > :19:36.to the very top of America. The Arctic is warming twice as fast

:19:37. > :19:39.as anywhere else on the planet. Most scientists agree that oil,

:19:40. > :19:41.a fossil fuel, is helping Maybe we should start looking ahead

:19:42. > :19:47.for something that's more renewable. Maybe wind in the winter

:19:48. > :19:49.and solar in the summer. Traditional Inupiat

:19:50. > :19:55.dancers tell the stories Donald Trump and his

:19:56. > :20:02.decisions may well be woven

:20:03. > :20:05.into the songs of the future. STUDIO: An emergency rescue

:20:06. > :20:16.operation has taken place because of bad weather

:20:17. > :20:29.in Northern Ireland. The cadets, aged between 12 and 17,

:20:30. > :20:31.got into difficulties Sixteen of the group,

:20:32. > :20:40.from England, were said to be The Ministry of Defence has

:20:41. > :20:50.confirmed that all are now safe What happened up there? They were

:20:51. > :20:54.here for a camping exercise when they got into heavy wind and rain,

:20:55. > :20:59.treacherous conditions. At lunchtime, the Northern Ireland

:21:00. > :21:02.Ambulance Service declared a major incident, involving members of the

:21:03. > :21:07.mountain rescue teams, the Coast Guard, the ambulance themselves, the

:21:08. > :21:10.police, as well, throughout this afternoon, from the very poor

:21:11. > :21:13.visibility at the top of the mountain, out of the mist have been

:21:14. > :21:18.emerging four by four vehicles carrying teenagers, some of them on

:21:19. > :21:23.stretchers, some of them suffering from hypothermia and ankle and leg

:21:24. > :21:27.injuries but they are all now safe. The Ministry of Defence has

:21:28. > :21:28.described this as a remarkable rescue operation and thanked all

:21:29. > :21:37.teams involved. A change in the rules on how much

:21:38. > :21:40.sleep-in care workers must be paid could leave the whole system

:21:41. > :21:42.on the brink of disaster. That's the message from the charity,

:21:43. > :21:45.Mencap, which looks after people It says that demands from the HM

:21:46. > :21:49.Revenue and Customs to backdate six years of payments to workers

:21:50. > :21:51.who provide overnight care could amount to a total

:21:52. > :21:55.bill of ?400 million. The Game of Thrones star,

:21:56. > :21:57.Kit Harrington, has been raising awareness about the issue and he's

:21:58. > :22:07.been speaking to our Do they go together in groups to do

:22:08. > :22:10.their activities? With time out from his filming commitments, Kit

:22:11. > :22:16.Harrington is campaigning for a cause close to his heart. He's

:22:17. > :22:18.concerned about a financial threat to charities which runs supported

:22:19. > :22:23.homes like this for residents learning disabilities. -- Kit

:22:24. > :22:33.Harington. What is her favourite song? He is worried about the future

:22:34. > :22:36.care of his cousin, who has down syndrome and learning disabilities.

:22:37. > :22:40.He needs to live the life that he loves living. My aunt cannot care

:22:41. > :22:45.for him in the way that she has, we need to find that for him, my worry

:22:46. > :22:49.is that we will not be able to. care workers who stay overnight used to

:22:50. > :22:53.get a flat rate of around ?30, including when they were asleep but

:22:54. > :22:57.after a court ruling, employers now have to pay the minimum wage for

:22:58. > :23:01.every hour, around ?60 a night, they have been told to fund six years of

:23:02. > :23:07.back pay, which they say is unaffordable. What is favourite

:23:08. > :23:11.colour? Ahmed is a care worker with mencap, he does several sleep in

:23:12. > :23:15.shifts each week. He says getting what he is owed from previous years

:23:16. > :23:23.is important. -- Mencap. He knows that charities. To find the money.

:23:24. > :23:29.Sense of a reward, an incentive am a it would bust my morale, and my

:23:30. > :23:34.motivation, to do what we do right now, even more. Unions sake it is

:23:35. > :23:42.only what the care workers deserve. They need to be paid, they have done

:23:43. > :23:46.this work already. -- unions say. Because of the important work that

:23:47. > :23:48.care workers do, they deserve to be paid this money. A Whitehall

:23:49. > :24:07.spokesperson has said: Kit believes the government has to

:24:08. > :24:12.find the money. Charities can pay this bill, if they cannot pay this

:24:13. > :24:16.bill, then people like the guys that are here, who we are here with

:24:17. > :24:22.today, will be left without the care they need, that just cannot happen.

:24:23. > :24:27.It needs to be... It needs to be footed by the government. Is echoing

:24:28. > :24:31.the fears of charity care providers that being forced to find the money

:24:32. > :24:40.will lead to closures with vulnerable residents the big losers.

:24:41. > :24:42.STUDIO: For years these familiar faces have dominated British

:24:43. > :24:45.athletics for years but as the teams begin arriving in

:24:46. > :24:50.let's have a look at who will pick up the baton, once they are gone.

:24:51. > :24:56.Gold for Great Britain again. Expectation rather than hope, so

:24:57. > :25:00.successful have British athletes been over the last few years that

:25:01. > :25:05.older moments have become the norm, but guaranteed medals are a thing of

:25:06. > :25:09.the past. Yes again is Hill has retired, world champion long jumper

:25:10. > :25:14.Greg Rutherford is out injured, Mo Farah is bidding farewell to the

:25:15. > :25:18.track. -- Jessica Ennis-Hill. I have achieved what I wanted to achieve,

:25:19. > :25:25.and it would be nice to be able to finish on a high. I guess, why not

:25:26. > :25:30.do it where it all started, in London, at that track. Where I

:25:31. > :25:35.became Olympic champion, that is what changed me as an athlete. You

:25:36. > :25:39.come back years later as the world champion, I decided I am going to

:25:40. > :25:43.end it at that track. Aggressive running from Laura Muir. Who are

:25:44. > :25:48.those moving into the spotlight? Laura Muir is aiming to do the

:25:49. > :25:53.middle-distance double in both the 1500 and 5000 metres despite

:25:54. > :25:57.fracturing her foot in June. Look at the great she is showing. Currently

:25:58. > :26:00.studying to become a vet, the 24-year-old juggles her love of

:26:01. > :26:05.animals with a tough training programme. She said five British

:26:06. > :26:09.records in the last 12 months, but she wants much more. Making those

:26:10. > :26:14.British record, I am very happy to have done that, I am sure down the

:26:15. > :26:18.line there will be somebody coming up and breaking my record. They are

:26:19. > :26:24.things that stay with you for ever. UK Sport has targeted six to eight

:26:25. > :26:27.of those medals, a big ask for a squad juggling injuries, the bigger

:26:28. > :26:32.picture focuses on the next generation. Born just a few miles

:26:33. > :26:36.from the London Olympic site, never know Mitchell Blake is the second

:26:37. > :26:41.fastest 200 metre runner of all time. -- Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake.

:26:42. > :26:44.The 23-year-old believes now it is time for new athletes to write their

:26:45. > :26:49.own chapter in British sporting history. People are seeing a

:26:50. > :26:53.changing of the guard, Jessica Ennis-Hill, Mo Farah, what they have

:26:54. > :26:57.done is remarkable, there are feats cannot be replicated, they have made

:26:58. > :27:01.their own legend am a wee want to come here and build our own legacy.

:27:02. > :27:06.It is always hard to say goodbye but fond farewells bring new beginnings,

:27:07. > :27:08.podium places may not be as plentiful in these championships but

:27:09. > :27:14.the potential for future Olympics will shine through.

:27:15. > :27:24.STUDIO: Talking about the rain over Buckingham Palace, I wonder whether

:27:25. > :27:28.it is going to last. We will start with a glimmer of hope, there were

:27:29. > :27:33.some decent weather across northern Scotland, blue sky all day, cloud

:27:34. > :27:37.building over the last few hours. For most of us, more like this,

:27:38. > :27:40.Central London, mid-afternoon, wet and quite windy as well, low

:27:41. > :27:45.pressure in the Atlantic, driving the weather fronts across the UK,

:27:46. > :27:49.that is what has brought all of the rain. It is on the move, moving

:27:50. > :27:56.north, and east, so it will get up into northern wet and windy.

:27:57. > :28:00.Eventually, that gets out into the North Sea, only to be followed by a

:28:01. > :28:03.whole rash of showers coming in from the west, pretty wet by the end of

:28:04. > :28:10.the night, across the western side of the UK, drier further east,

:28:11. > :28:13.temperatures holding up, 15, 16 degrees, 12 and 13 in the north.

:28:14. > :28:17.Unsettled through tomorrow, centre of an area of low pressure is

:28:18. > :28:21.drifting, light winds, heavy, thundery showers, hail, a lot of

:28:22. > :28:26.rain in a short space of time. Further south, showers moving

:28:27. > :28:30.through quite quickly on the breeze, dry and bright interludes. Top

:28:31. > :28:36.temperature 21, 20 two. Tempered by the breeze. And in the other teams

:28:37. > :28:41.across most of Scotland, 18, 19 degrees. The low that is driving the

:28:42. > :28:46.weather is drifting toward southern Scandinavia, as we get on, it will

:28:47. > :28:50.still be under its influence. Not as breezy as it will be tomorrow. Still

:28:51. > :28:55.some showers around, not as frequent or as heavy, affecting many northern

:28:56. > :29:00.and western parts, a few drifting further east as well. Light wind,

:29:01. > :29:04.should feel pleasant enough. Still some showers around, Saturday, best

:29:05. > :29:07.of the weather in the south-west. Not such a bad day on Sunday but

:29:08. > :29:11.rain coming in from the west. Thank you very much.

:29:12. > :29:16.A reminder of the main story: Scientists think they are a step

:29:17. > :29:17.closer to preventing inherited diseases being passed on in

:29:18. > :29:24.families. That is all from the BBC news at

:29:25. > :29:25.six, it is goodbye from me,