:00:00. > :00:07.Tonight at six, one of Britain's most senior judges condemns mental
:00:08. > :00:11.health provision for young people in England.
:00:12. > :00:16.In a court ruling, Sir James Munby says the situation is disgraceful
:00:17. > :00:19.and utterly shaming in such a rich country.
:00:20. > :00:23.Families are being let down routinely across our country
:00:24. > :00:25.and there is a moral imperative that we address this,
:00:26. > :00:34.The teenager at the centre of this case cannot be named.
:00:35. > :00:36.What does her plight say about the state
:00:37. > :00:42.The squeeze on your wages and what you can buy with it.
:00:43. > :00:46.It has not been this bad for more than 100 years.
:00:47. > :00:48.Playing catch-up all the way through school.
:00:49. > :00:58.A damning report on how the poorest children in England get on in class.
:00:59. > :01:00.Tributes to the stage and screen actor Robert Hardy,
:01:01. > :01:09.Now, can England's Lionesses cope with the weight
:01:10. > :01:14.of expectation in their Euro football semifinal tonight?
:01:15. > :01:17.And coming up in Sportsday on BBC News, despite a day of wrangling
:01:18. > :01:20.between the French and Spanish leagues, Neymar's world record move
:01:21. > :01:44.from Barcelona to PSG will still go ahead as planned.
:01:45. > :01:47.Hello and welcome to the BBC News at Six.
:01:48. > :01:50.One of Britain's most experienced judges has made a scathing
:01:51. > :01:54.attack on mental health provision in England.
:01:55. > :01:57.Giving judgment in the case of an extremely vulnerable teenage
:01:58. > :02:00.girl who is in custody, Sir James Munby said it was
:02:01. > :02:03.disgraceful that it is proving so difficult to find suitable
:02:04. > :02:06.provision for her when she is released in 11 days' time.
:02:07. > :02:09.He went on to say that the state would have blood on its
:02:10. > :02:12.hands if the teenager, who has a history of self-harming,
:02:13. > :02:15.should attempt to take her life again.
:02:16. > :02:19.Here is our home editor Mark Easton, on a case that highlights the crisis
:02:20. > :02:31.A disgraceful and utterly shaming lack of proper provision for young
:02:32. > :02:36.mental health patients in England. The words of one of England's's most
:02:37. > :02:40.senior judges, Sir James Munby, head of the Family Division. He issued an
:02:41. > :02:44.extra ordinary statement after being unable to find any suitable hospital
:02:45. > :02:49.bed for a suicidal 17-year-old girl honour due for release from custody
:02:50. > :02:52.in just over a week. It is a disgrace to any country with
:02:53. > :02:57.pretensions to civilisation, compassion and, dare one say it,
:02:58. > :03:02.basic human decency, that a judge in 2017 should be faced with problems
:03:03. > :03:05.thrown up by this case, he said. The girl in question is from the
:03:06. > :03:08.north-west of England and is currently so disturbed she is
:03:09. > :03:12.dressed in clothes she cannot use to hang herself in a youth custody
:03:13. > :03:16.centre with just a mattress on a floor and no personal belongings.
:03:17. > :03:20.Her behaviour is a violent, self harming and aggressive to others.
:03:21. > :03:25.The judge's frustration at not being able to find suitable accommodation
:03:26. > :03:29.spilled into public today. I feel shame and embarrassment, shame as a
:03:30. > :03:34.human being, as a citizen and as an agent of the state. Embarrassment as
:03:35. > :03:48.head of Family Justice, that I can do no more. If when, in 11 days'
:03:49. > :03:51.time, she is released, and if, in consequence, she is able to make
:03:52. > :03:54.another attempt on her life, I can only say, with bleak emphasis, we
:03:55. > :03:57.will have blood on our hands. X is a girl who, at the moment, has a
:03:58. > :03:59.determined wish, it appears, to kill herself. The big problem is that we
:04:00. > :04:02.do not fully understand those needs. It is on that basis that she needs
:04:03. > :04:06.to be in a clinical setting to be assessed properly. That is part of
:04:07. > :04:11.the frustration of the case. The Government offered no comment on the
:04:12. > :04:14.judge's remarks. All questions were referred to NHS England which said
:04:15. > :04:17.in a statement, we have heard the comments from the judge and
:04:18. > :04:22.completely agree that a solution must be found. Together with other
:04:23. > :04:25.agencies involved, we are continuing every effort to find the most
:04:26. > :04:30.appropriate care setting for this young woman. Every day we talk to
:04:31. > :04:32.children, young people, parents and carers in the community, worried
:04:33. > :04:37.about how they are going to access mental health care. There isn't
:04:38. > :04:40.enough support in the community and there are really high thresholds to
:04:41. > :04:45.get into hospital care. Meanwhile, people are left without support.
:04:46. > :04:49.After complaints from police that cells were used to accommodate
:04:50. > :04:53.youngsters who should be in a mental health unit, the government not
:04:54. > :04:56.introduced a law earlier in the year banning the use for such purposes.
:04:57. > :05:01.Doctors warn there is still a critical shortage of appropriate
:05:02. > :05:05.care beds. A recent survey of people working in child and adolescent
:05:06. > :05:07.mental health services in England found 62% had seen adolescent
:05:08. > :05:11.patients held in inappropriate settings.
:05:12. > :05:13.77% said young, high-risk patients were left in the community
:05:14. > :05:16.because of a shortage of beds, with 14% saying young patients
:05:17. > :05:19.had attempted suicide while waiting for a suitable bed.
:05:20. > :05:21.The report urged government to prioritise investment in young
:05:22. > :05:30.people's crisis care as a matter of urgency.
:05:31. > :05:36.This is not a unique case. Families are being let down routinely across
:05:37. > :05:40.our country and there is a moral imperative that we address this as a
:05:41. > :05:44.matter of real urgency. The Government has said it will increase
:05:45. > :05:48.the number of mental health staff working in the NHS in England by
:05:49. > :05:52.21000 and the Prime Minister has promised a revolution in mental
:05:53. > :05:55.health care. But the agonies of a judge unable to help a suicidal
:05:56. > :05:59.young woman suggest the revolution has some way to go.
:06:00. > :06:07.Mark is with me now. Let's make no mistake, there are just days to go
:06:08. > :06:11.before this young woman is released? Yes, 11 days. News in in the last
:06:12. > :06:14.few minutes, I've spoken to NHS England who say, this is in the
:06:15. > :06:18.north of England, they think they might have three potential beds
:06:19. > :06:21.which could be right for this 17-year-old girl. They cannot be
:06:22. > :06:24.sure, they are not sure that the care package can be put together.
:06:25. > :06:30.But at least it does appear something is happening. Sir James
:06:31. > :06:34.Munby's frustration goes beyond this one case. That is why he has
:06:35. > :06:38.insisted his ruling be sent to government ministers. He doesn't
:06:39. > :06:42.want this issue to go unnoticed. The problem is, there is really no easy
:06:43. > :06:47.answer. You can't just turn on the tap and provide the kind of really
:06:48. > :06:52.specialist expert care in the right setting that is very vulnerable and
:06:53. > :06:55.complex cases require. The Prime Minister has put mental health at
:06:56. > :06:59.the top of her priorities. There is a promise of more focus and more
:07:00. > :07:03.money. If that translates into the right level of new resources in the
:07:04. > :07:08.right places, all well and good. But there is no quick fix. As you were
:07:09. > :07:10.saying, 11 days to go and a suicidal woman, at this stage, does not have
:07:11. > :07:11.a place to go to. The Bank of England has said
:07:12. > :07:14.families are facing the worst squeeze on their incomes for more
:07:15. > :07:16.than a century. It has warned of slowing
:07:17. > :07:18.falling economic growth The Bank's Governor, Mark Carney,
:07:19. > :07:21.said that uncertainty over Brexit was curbing pay rises and leading
:07:22. > :07:25.to delays in business investment. Here is our business
:07:26. > :07:36.editor, Simon Jack. There hasn't been much some cheer on
:07:37. > :07:42.the beach in Margate this week. The weather, overcast, and some bracing
:07:43. > :07:46.headwinds, much like the UK economy. And there was precious little
:07:47. > :07:49.sunshine when the Bank of England governor delivered its latest
:07:50. > :07:54.forecast. He explained how the recent fall in the pound was
:07:55. > :07:59.starting to make us all poorer. Households look through Brexit
:08:00. > :08:03.related uncertainties initially. More recently, as the consequences
:08:04. > :08:06.of sterling's four have shown up in the shops and squeezed their real
:08:07. > :08:09.incomes, they have cut back on spending, slowing the economy. The
:08:10. > :08:17.bank cut its growth forecast for this year from 1.9% to 1.7%. It also
:08:18. > :08:21.downgraded its estimate for next year, from 1.7% to 1.6%. Meanwhile,
:08:22. > :08:27.it pushed up its inflation forecast, saying it will rise from 2.6% now to
:08:28. > :08:34.peak around 3% later this year. Wage rises this year remain unchanged at
:08:35. > :08:40.2%. That widening gap is being felt in Margate. The price of food has
:08:41. > :08:47.definitely gone up. Butter, cheese, bacon. I noticed those things have
:08:48. > :08:51.gone up. Wages aren't going up. Bus, transport, everything is so
:08:52. > :08:55.expensive now. I drive now, and even then, car insurance has gone up.
:08:56. > :09:00.It's getting ridiculous now. ?140 a month I can't afford it. Prices are
:09:01. > :09:06.going up and our pensions are not keeping up with it. For the same
:09:07. > :09:10.amount of money, you are getting about two thirds of the goods that
:09:11. > :09:15.you used to be. So, we are cutting back all the time. In another years'
:09:16. > :09:18.time, I'll be sitting here a little skeleton! Brexit was a theme that
:09:19. > :09:24.runs through everything the governor said today. The post-referendum fall
:09:25. > :09:28.in sterling has pushed up prices. In turn, that is affecting customer
:09:29. > :09:30.confidence and businesses, faced within uncertainty, are not making
:09:31. > :09:34.investments they otherwise would have made. All of those pressures
:09:35. > :09:38.are combining to affect the UK economy's long-term ability to grow.
:09:39. > :09:44.Business investment is still likely to grow below historic averages,
:09:45. > :09:48.with adverse consequences for productivity, capacity and wages.
:09:49. > :09:54.For many, the bank's pronouncements are not only to downbeat, but stray
:09:55. > :09:59.too far into politics. We should take the forecast with a pinch of
:10:00. > :10:05.salt, they are notoriously bad at forecasting. We have Project Fear
:10:06. > :10:08.Mark 2, the CBI and Treasury departments are ganging up to make
:10:09. > :10:13.is frightened Brexit. Even the bank's own staff are unhappy about
:10:14. > :10:16.wages. It is only when PEI starts to catch up with prices that we might
:10:17. > :10:18.see interest rates rise. That is not expected until next year. Simon
:10:19. > :10:19.Jack, BBC News. Three men convicted of terror
:10:20. > :10:21.offences, who called themselves "The Three Musketeers", have been
:10:22. > :10:24.jailed for life for plotting an attack on a police
:10:25. > :10:26.or military target. Naweed Ali, Mohibur Rahman
:10:27. > :10:27.and Khobaib Hussain, all from the West Midlands,
:10:28. > :10:29.were told they would in prison for their role
:10:30. > :10:38.in the planned attack. A fourth man, Tahir Aziz,
:10:39. > :10:41.was also given a life term. The trio refused to leave
:10:42. > :10:43.their prison cells to There is new evidence tonight
:10:44. > :10:47.about the challenges faced by England's poorest children
:10:48. > :10:49.when it comes to making A study by the Education Policy
:10:50. > :10:52.Institute has found that pupils on free school meals can be up
:10:53. > :10:56.to two years behind their better-off classmates by the time
:10:57. > :10:58.they finish secondary school. Our education editor Branwen
:10:59. > :11:11.Jeffreys reports from Darlington. Nicole given is not afraid tough
:11:12. > :11:18.drops. She took on a Darlington school in crisis. She worked to win
:11:19. > :11:21.trust from parents. Some families in Darlington, certainly, it is not
:11:22. > :11:25.unique to this by a long stretch, they have social mobility that is
:11:26. > :11:30.incredibly low and don't leave the area. Schools here get less funding
:11:31. > :11:36.than London and Nicole told me many families have never moved from
:11:37. > :11:39.Darlington. You have to take mum, dad, grandpa with me on that
:11:40. > :11:44.journey, so that we are all working together. There is nobody behind, we
:11:45. > :11:49.are all together. What other kind of fears they might have? The unknown,
:11:50. > :11:51.the lack of experience and lack of opportunities that they perhaps
:11:52. > :11:55.didn't have themselves, through no fault of their own. But it is the
:11:56. > :11:59.unknown and that fear of, we are all right as we are. Some parts of
:12:00. > :12:07.England have reduced the education gap. It's seven or eight months in
:12:08. > :12:11.tour Hamlets, Hackney and Southwark, London boroughs. But it is 25 or 27
:12:12. > :12:16.months in Darlington, Derby and South Gloucestershire. ?72 million
:12:17. > :12:20.of extra money to improve social mobility is going to some parts of
:12:21. > :12:26.England. But that money won't reach the streets in Darlington, or other
:12:27. > :12:31.areas highlighted in today's report. This isn't just about the cash that
:12:32. > :12:35.schools get, although that does make a difference. It's about
:12:36. > :12:40.communities, too. Communities where the belief in education as a
:12:41. > :12:46.passport to a different, better life has simply been lost. These
:12:47. > :12:50.teenagers, learning life skills on a national scheme. Already, 16, set on
:12:51. > :12:57.very different directions. I'm Sinead, I want to be an actress. I
:12:58. > :13:02.want to be in the police. I want to be in the Navy. I want to be a
:13:03. > :13:08.professional chef. The people doing better more likely had a better
:13:09. > :13:14.family situation. They've got more money than some of us. But it all
:13:15. > :13:18.depends on how much you want to learn as well. Do you think it would
:13:19. > :13:22.have made a difference if, when you were little, you believed you were
:13:23. > :13:27.going to go to university? Probably, because then you are determined to
:13:28. > :13:30.go on and go to university. The gap matters for their future and four
:13:31. > :13:34.hours as well. Failings in education held back our economy. -- and for
:13:35. > :13:36.our future as well. A surgeon who was jailed
:13:37. > :13:38.after carrying out unnecessary breast operations has
:13:39. > :13:41.had his sentence increased. The Court of Appeal ruled that
:13:42. > :13:43.Ian Paterson's initial 15-year jail term was unduly lenient,
:13:44. > :13:46.and it has raised it to 20 years. Our health editor,
:13:47. > :14:02.Hugh Pym, reports. It's now been increased to 20
:14:03. > :14:06.years... Yes! Tracy and Deborah, two Ian Paterson's victims. News of the
:14:07. > :14:12.higher sentence was just what they had hoped for. I felt very
:14:13. > :14:15.emotional. It was the right decision. The increase has given the
:14:16. > :14:21.right message. We have all got life sentences. 20 years, to me, at least
:14:22. > :14:27.he will serve a significant sentence. The Court of Appeal judges
:14:28. > :14:31.said no sentence could properly reflect the suffering of his
:14:32. > :14:36.patients, and they ruled he should serve an extra five years. The
:14:37. > :14:40.Government lawyer that challenge the original sentence said Justice had
:14:41. > :14:46.been done. The substantial increase in the sentence, to 20 years, sends
:14:47. > :14:50.out a clear message to the wider community that our system will not
:14:51. > :14:56.tolerate such egregious breaches of trust. Ian Paterson, seen here
:14:57. > :15:00.before his sentencing, mutilated patients after deceiving them into a
:15:01. > :15:05.necessary surgery. He watched today's hearing from prison by
:15:06. > :15:10.videolink, at times shaking his head when details of his offences were
:15:11. > :15:15.described. That angered John, in Court today. He was talked into a
:15:16. > :15:19.double must act to me. Still shaking his head in disbelief, still
:15:20. > :15:26.muttering to himself when he doesn't agree with what has been said about
:15:27. > :15:31.him. It makes me wonder if 30 years would be enough for him to find
:15:32. > :15:32.anything within himself that doesn't say I am completely innocent of
:15:33. > :15:47.everything. Tracy and Deborah and hundreds more
:15:48. > :15:49.victims are seeking damages. A court hearing is due in a few months'
:15:50. > :15:54.time. One of Britain's most senior judges
:15:55. > :15:59.condemns mental health provision Why Scotland's whisky producers
:16:00. > :16:03.are in such good spirits, Coming up in Sportsday on BBC News -
:16:04. > :16:13.we meet the the man tipped to take over Usain Bolt's star
:16:14. > :16:15.status in athletics, with Bolt bowing out
:16:16. > :16:17.after the World Championships, England's Lionesses are primed
:16:18. > :16:28.for one of the most important match Tonight, they take on hosts
:16:29. > :16:32.The Netherlands in the semifinals They are the highest-ranked side
:16:33. > :16:35.left in the tournament. The ultimate prize is, of course,
:16:36. > :16:40.to become the first senior England team to win a major tournament
:16:41. > :16:43.since the 1966 World Cup. Our sports correspondent
:16:44. > :17:00.Katie Gornall is in Enschede. Yes, we are just outside the stadium
:17:01. > :17:04.we are expecting a sell-out crowd of nearly 30,000 which would be a
:17:05. > :17:07.record for this stage of the women's Euros. The crowd will be
:17:08. > :17:11.overwhelmingly Dutch, but I don't think it will phase this England
:17:12. > :17:18.side, who are confident, and they have Jodie Taylor in the form of her
:17:19. > :17:26.life. Her goals have powered England all the way to the semifinals. Jodie
:17:27. > :17:30.Taylor has scored five in the tournament so far and no team has
:17:31. > :17:36.been able to stop her. Is relaxed off the pitch as she is when bearing
:17:37. > :17:40.down on goal, she knows that she could be the top scorer in the
:17:41. > :17:44.tournament. It would be awesome. Ask any forward, everybody wants to
:17:45. > :17:51.score goals. The main priority for me is for the team to win gold, I
:17:52. > :17:55.would love for us to win the Euros, we need to have that belief as well.
:17:56. > :18:03.That must have been your first touch? Yeah, pretty much... The
:18:04. > :18:07.31-year-old is making up for lost time after being overlooked by the
:18:08. > :18:10.previous regime. You can see, they are thinking, what is she doing...
:18:11. > :18:15.There was a moment where I thought this might not work out. I'm quite
:18:16. > :18:22.proud of sticking at it and the hard work I've put in, it does feel like
:18:23. > :18:29.it's paying off. England's players now have all the tools they need to
:18:30. > :18:34.go the distance. Record investment in the women's game has allowed Mark
:18:35. > :18:37.Sampson's side to become fitter and better prepared than ever before.
:18:38. > :18:42.But expectations are now at an all-time high. With Germany, the
:18:43. > :18:45.holders, already out, England may never have a better chance of
:18:46. > :18:48.winning their first major tournament. But they won't
:18:49. > :18:53.underestimate the Netherlands, who will have a sell-out crowd behind
:18:54. > :18:57.them here for this semifinal in Enschede. Like England, the Dutch
:18:58. > :19:00.have won all of their game and conceded just one goal. They have
:19:01. > :19:08.showcased their pace and flair in attack. Their fans are out in force
:19:09. > :19:12.for this semifinal. The England supporters may feel a little
:19:13. > :19:15.outnumbered. Just a little bit, but when we get into the stadium, we
:19:16. > :19:22.will be singing louder than the Dutch fans! Seeing how our team has
:19:23. > :19:26.played so far, I think we have a pretty good chance of winning.
:19:27. > :19:29.Especially with my lucky pants, we are extremely strong at the back and
:19:30. > :19:32.the two centre-backs have been phenomenal throughout the
:19:33. > :19:37.tournament. They just don't look like conceding. The Dutch have been
:19:38. > :19:42.perfect hosts in Enschede. But with the final also taking place here on
:19:43. > :19:46.Sunday, England are hoping to overstay their welcome.
:19:47. > :19:48.So, what has Scottish whisky got to do with Brexit?
:19:49. > :19:51.Well, for one thing, during the EU referendum,
:19:52. > :19:54.producers were big supporters of the Remain campaign.
:19:55. > :19:57.But now it seems many have had a change of heart,
:19:58. > :20:00.buoyed up by the prospect of one-off trade deals with countries
:20:01. > :20:01.like India, where they currently face massive tariffs.
:20:02. > :20:05.Our Scotland editor has been talking to some of them.
:20:06. > :20:12.The barley, the water and the weather, make
:20:13. > :20:15.on this small island, whisky is very big business.
:20:16. > :20:18.Almost 90% of Scotland's amber liquor is exported overseas,
:20:19. > :20:24.so Brexit will certainly be felt here.
:20:25. > :20:28.Small distilleries like Kilchoman don't want to lose the protected
:20:29. > :20:31.status for Scotch whisky offered by EU law and they worry
:20:32. > :20:33.about the bureaucracy that leaving the single market might entail.
:20:34. > :20:35.Whereas it was very easy to export into Europe,
:20:36. > :20:38.it's now going to be a little bit more difficult.
:20:39. > :20:40.And certainly, for smaller companies, I think that
:20:41. > :20:42.will have an impact, because of the amount of people
:20:43. > :20:45.that we have to comply with and all the new regulations.
:20:46. > :20:47.Many of the island's distilleries are owned by big firms
:20:48. > :20:50.that supported remaining inside the EU.
:20:51. > :20:53.But they are now eyeing up the opportunities
:20:54. > :20:56.The whisky industry is hoping to expand sales
:20:57. > :21:04.countries like India, for instance, which currently slaps a whopping
:21:05. > :21:13.If a new bilateral trade deal could eliminate
:21:14. > :21:19.or slash those tariffs, sales would increase enormously.
:21:20. > :21:20.The UK Governnment can't guarantee tariff-free
:21:21. > :21:24.trade, but say there is now the opportunity to try.
:21:25. > :21:28.As part of this new arrangement, in a post-EU world,
:21:29. > :21:32.where we are negotiating the tariffs, we are not bound in by EU
:21:33. > :21:34.terms, we're able to negotiate our own terms,
:21:35. > :21:36.and getting the right deal for the whisky industry is one
:21:37. > :21:44.Scotch whisky is a valuable product, contributing about
:21:45. > :21:47.?5 billion a year to the UK economy, supporting 30,000 jobs and making
:21:48. > :21:53.It's an industry that first feared Brexit,
:21:54. > :21:57.and now hopes to make it work for them.
:21:58. > :22:00.Once we leave the EU, we would be the UK negotiating free
:22:01. > :22:08.And so, that simplifies the negotiations, to a degree.
:22:09. > :22:11.And so, yes, we hope that it will be easier
:22:12. > :22:13.for the UK to negotiate a free-trade deal with, for
:22:14. > :22:22.Much of Scotland's economy runs on this water of life.
:22:23. > :22:25.And they're now looking beyond the shores of Europe to try and make
:22:26. > :22:29.The 2017 World Athletics Championships are almost upon us,
:22:30. > :22:33.as the stars of track and field flock to London.
:22:34. > :22:36.It will mark the final appearance of Usain Bolt and many are asking
:22:37. > :22:39.who will be athletics's next big star?
:22:40. > :22:41.Our sports editor, Dan Roan, has been speaking with
:22:42. > :22:44.one man who believes he can fill the void,
:22:45. > :22:49.the 400m sensation Wayde Van Niekerk.
:22:50. > :22:51.Final preparations at London's Olympic Stadium,
:22:52. > :22:56.as it becomes the focus of the athletics world once again.
:22:57. > :22:59.The man charged with organising track and field's
:23:00. > :23:01.World Championships telling me the sport should
:23:02. > :23:09.It's a huge city, passionate about sport, the world's
:23:10. > :23:12.greatest athletics stadium, and it's going to be full.
:23:13. > :23:16.Possibly going forwards, you need to see slight
:23:17. > :23:17.changes to the format, the compression
:23:18. > :23:21.So, this could be the last great, great, traditional
:23:22. > :23:25.Once again, the world's finest athletes will be on show here -
:23:26. > :23:30.a fitting farewell to the sport's greatest star.
:23:31. > :23:32.Wayde van Niekerk smashed the 400m world record at last
:23:33. > :23:38.A man in demand, we managed to spend some time with the South African
:23:39. > :23:43.as he took a cab ride through London.
:23:44. > :23:45.So, is he ready to fill the void left by Usain Bolt?
:23:46. > :23:48.I definitely believe that I can reach the heights
:23:49. > :23:53.I mean, I'm only 25 now, so I still have a lot of time left.
:23:54. > :23:55.Confident words from a young man who admits he's
:23:56. > :24:00.I've had a lot of mental challenges when it comes to confidence and...
:24:01. > :24:04.And believing myself, in myself, as an athlete.
:24:05. > :24:07.So, this last two years has been a massive, massive boost to myself.
:24:08. > :24:13.These Championships will of course evoke memories of London 2012,
:24:14. > :24:18.which for many at the time seemed like the ultimate
:24:19. > :24:23.But since then, the sport has been engulfed in crisis,
:24:24. > :24:28.and as it prepares to say farewell to its biggest star,
:24:29. > :24:33.there's a real sense that if integrity and popularity is to be
:24:34. > :24:34.recovered, this represents an opportunity which
:24:35. > :24:38.There was no Russian team preparing here this afternoon -
:24:39. > :24:39.the country suspended for state-sponsored doping.
:24:40. > :24:42.And tonight, two Ukrainian athletes were provisionally suspended
:24:43. > :24:45.from the Championships for the use of prohibited substances -
:24:46. > :24:49.a reminder of the challenge the sport now faces.
:24:50. > :24:51.Often you'll get a rotten apple in a barrel.
:24:52. > :24:55.What you have to try to do is change the culture,
:24:56. > :24:58.so that people who are competing are not tempted to take
:24:59. > :25:04.That doesn't take five minutes - it takes some years.
:25:05. > :25:08.The enthusiasm which surrounded the 2012 Olympics appears undimmed,
:25:09. > :25:13.with record ticket sales for a World Championship.
:25:14. > :25:15.But at a crucial moment in athletics history,
:25:16. > :25:21.London 2017 must now stand for a new start.
:25:22. > :25:24.The actor Robert Hardy has died at the age of 91.
:25:25. > :25:26.His career on the stage, on television and in film
:25:27. > :25:31.He became a household name in the 1970s,
:25:32. > :25:35.with All Creatures Great And Small, and later, as the Minister
:25:36. > :25:37.for Magic, Cornelius Fudge in the Harry Potter films.
:25:38. > :25:48.Our arts correspondent David Sillito looks back at his career.
:25:49. > :25:50.It was All Creatures Great And Small that made
:25:51. > :26:03.For 12 years, he played the vet, Siegfried. The character mirrored
:26:04. > :26:06.his own personality, which was describe by his family today as a
:26:07. > :26:12.bit rough, but also elegant and twinkly. It was a role that needed a
:26:13. > :26:19.bit of grit. I remember a day when we did a Lanning sequence, all
:26:20. > :26:28.through the night, in the dead ice cold of winter, deep snow and
:26:29. > :26:32.endless frost... In the 1960s, he had appeared opposite Richard
:26:33. > :26:42.Burton, his old friend from his days at Oxford, in The Spy Who Came In
:26:43. > :26:48.From The Cold. We few, we happy few! We band of brothers! His early
:26:49. > :26:51.career was rather Shakespearean, he revelled in the grand patriotic
:26:52. > :27:00.speech and will for ever be linked with one particular patriotic
:27:01. > :27:06.character. Churchill. They are looking for weapons! Now, they will
:27:07. > :27:13.soon be looking for war. He played the role is six times. We strongly
:27:14. > :27:19.suspect... And when the Harry Potter films needed a compass Minister for
:27:20. > :27:25.Magic, it was a part that could have been written for Robert Hardy. Or am
:27:26. > :27:30.I talking the most absolute nonsense...? Like Siegfried, it was
:27:31. > :27:36.what he was best at, characters full of bluster and grand gestures that
:27:37. > :27:39.were trying desperately hard to hide the softer, more vulnerable person
:27:40. > :27:42.within. We have our differences, don't we? But we do understand each
:27:43. > :27:45.other, wouldn't you say? The actor Robert Hardy,
:27:46. > :28:10.who has died at the age of 91. You don't need me to tell you how
:28:11. > :28:14.windy it was today, particularly in the southern counties of England.
:28:15. > :28:18.And further north, this was Aberdeen, where the winds were much
:28:19. > :28:20.lighter, in the centre of the low pressure, which is continuing to
:28:21. > :28:26.move away into the North Sea. Further south, those strong winds
:28:27. > :28:29.continue to ease down overnight. Not completely dry, the showers
:28:30. > :28:33.continuing across the north and west, but a little bit drier across
:28:34. > :28:39.the south and east. Into Friday, it's going to be a bright start for
:28:40. > :28:46.many central, southern and eastern areas. The showers will be nowhere
:28:47. > :28:53.near as heavy as what we saw today. Feeling a bit cooler across Scotland
:28:54. > :28:59.and Northern Ireland because of the north-westerly, but across the
:29:00. > :29:02.south-east, a high of 23 or 24. The area of low pressure continues to
:29:03. > :29:07.move away, and this high pressure begins to come in, so our weather
:29:08. > :29:12.will continue to come increase the Atlantic. On Saturday, with lighter
:29:13. > :29:17.winds, there will be some showers around, some of them heavy, through
:29:18. > :29:21.central parts. On Sunday, though, it looks like we will see the weather
:29:22. > :29:27.system making inroads into Northern Ireland and western Scotland. Away
:29:28. > :29:31.from here, we will see a fine day. For the weekend, sunshine and
:29:32. > :29:33.showers continuing for Saturday, but on Sunday, the majority of the
:29:34. > :29:35.country, away from Northern Ireland and western Scotland, should be
:29:36. > :29:38.drier. That is all from
:29:39. > :29:40.the BBC News at Six. On BBC One, we now join the BBC's
:29:41. > :29:45.news teams where you are.