:00:00. > :00:08.Athletes at the World Championships hit by Norovirus - officials
:00:09. > :00:15.30 athletes and support staff are affected -
:00:16. > :00:25.Botswana's track star is a casualty - he's out of the 400 metres final.
:00:26. > :00:32.I was top of my game coming here. I was ready to make everything
:00:33. > :00:34.possible. I came here for a medal. Several athletes have
:00:35. > :00:36.ended up in hospital. Guilty - the man who tried to board
:00:37. > :00:40.a flight to Italy with a pipe-bomb The seven-year-old boy denied
:00:41. > :00:44.a potentially life changing drug - a judge tells NHS England
:00:45. > :00:49.to think again. A narrow escape - police look
:00:50. > :00:52.for the jogger who seemed to push And coming up in World Athletics
:00:53. > :00:59.Sportsday on BBC News. We look ahead to all the action
:01:00. > :01:02.on the fifth day of these championships with five more gold
:01:03. > :01:25.medals to be won. Hello and welcome to
:01:26. > :01:28.the BBC News at Six. Organisers of the World Athletics
:01:29. > :01:31.Championships at the London Stadium are trying to limit the spread
:01:32. > :01:34.of the norovirus which has already affected dozens
:01:35. > :01:37.of competitors and staff. One of the highest
:01:38. > :01:40.profile casualties is Botswana's Isaac Makwala -
:01:41. > :01:43.a favourite in the two hundred Athletes from Germany,
:01:44. > :01:47.Canada and Ireland who've been staying at the same hotel have also
:01:48. > :01:50.been affected - but officials from Public Health England say
:01:51. > :01:52.it is not the source This is the time when the world's
:01:53. > :02:01.best athletes should be Instead these competitors
:02:02. > :02:06.and coaches today found themselves at the centre of a suspected
:02:07. > :02:13.outbreak of the highly contagious vomiting bug
:02:14. > :02:15.Norovirus at this team hotel. Yesterday the world's best 200 metre
:02:16. > :02:18.runner, Issac Makwala, was forced to withdraw
:02:19. > :02:21.from the event. The Botswanan medal prospect one
:02:22. > :02:24.of 30 athletes and support I worked hard for this and it is sad
:02:25. > :02:35.for me because I was top I was ready to make
:02:36. > :02:39.everything possible. Despite saying he was fit
:02:40. > :02:48.to compete, Issac Makwala was ruled out of the 400 metre final
:02:49. > :02:51.by the athletics governing Meanwhile Irishman Thomas Barr's
:02:52. > :02:54.World Championship is over, This usually lasts
:02:55. > :03:00.between 28 and 48 hours. The important thing is if people
:03:01. > :03:10.have it, to stay away from other people so they are not at risk
:03:11. > :03:14.of passing it on. And to be very scrupulous
:03:15. > :03:16.about washing their hands when they have been to the toilet
:03:17. > :03:19.or they have vomited. In a statement today the hotel said
:03:20. > :03:21.the following a joint investigation with public health authorities it
:03:22. > :03:24.had been discovered that the And that strict hygiene protocols
:03:25. > :03:28.have now been put in place. World Championship organisers
:03:29. > :03:30.meanwhile said they're doing I guess in any event when you have
:03:31. > :03:37.20,000 people minimum that we have accredited coming in from every
:03:38. > :03:39.corner of the world, there is a possibility that someone
:03:40. > :03:43.might come in with a bug. And we think that is probably
:03:44. > :03:46.what has happened here. There has been all sorts of food
:03:47. > :03:49.poisoning and all the medical experts, public health,
:03:50. > :03:54.safety, have said it This evening the majority
:03:55. > :03:58.of athletes here continue But they have been
:03:59. > :04:01.warned to be vigilant. You eat foods that are low risk,
:04:02. > :04:04.you only drink bottled water, Make sure the food is
:04:05. > :04:08.fully cooked through. Don't eat spicy food,
:04:09. > :04:10.eat plain food, food that It is a bit of a concern
:04:11. > :04:15.for the organising committee for London, it is not
:04:16. > :04:19.what we would have wanted. Some German and Canadian athletes
:04:20. > :04:25.staying at the Tower hotel are being And with six days of competition
:04:26. > :04:44.left, organisers must now hope As you said I guess there is a limit
:04:45. > :04:49.to what organisers can do about something like this. That is right.
:04:50. > :04:53.It will not be the last time a major global sports event is hit by an
:04:54. > :04:56.outbreak of illness like this. It is certainly not the first time, it
:04:57. > :05:00.happened in the Commonwealth Games three years ago in Glasgow when the
:05:01. > :05:04.athletes village was affected and that last year at the Rio Olympic
:05:05. > :05:08.Games as well when British athletes were affected also. But it is
:05:09. > :05:14.regrettable and unfortunate and it means that one of the most eagerly
:05:15. > :05:22.anticipated jewels of the World Championship, 400 metres world
:05:23. > :05:24.record holder going up against as Michael McGuire, will now not
:05:25. > :05:30.happen. It comes off the back of other high-profile withdrawals
:05:31. > :05:34.through injury. So I think organisers will be feeling hard done
:05:35. > :05:39.by. Five days into these championships, practically halfway
:05:40. > :05:42.through now and a mixed picture. It has been fantastic with record
:05:43. > :05:48.ticket sales and great atmosphere, some dramatic races and big
:05:49. > :05:54.audiences on TV. The logistics have all gone to plan but in the negative
:05:55. > :06:06.column, there has been controversy, Usain Bolt farewell party somewhat
:06:07. > :06:10.crashed by Justin Gatlin. And perhaps not so many medals as we
:06:11. > :06:12.would have liked for British athletes. So a mixed picture.
:06:13. > :06:15.In the last few minutes the South African President Jacob Zuma has
:06:16. > :06:17.survived a vote of no confidence in his leadership.
:06:18. > :06:20.The secret ballot in parliament saw the majority of MPs from the ruling
:06:21. > :06:23.African National Congress - the party once led by anti-apartheid
:06:24. > :06:25.icon Nelson Mandela - back their leader.
:06:26. > :06:28.Mr Zuma, who has been in office for eight years, is accused
:06:29. > :06:42.Our South Africa correspondent Nomsa Maseko is in Cape Town now.
:06:43. > :06:49.The President Jacob Zuma has survived his motion of no
:06:50. > :06:56.confidence, the eighth motion and many people say he's on his ninth
:06:57. > :06:59.life. Disappointment of course from the opposition party benches and of
:07:00. > :07:03.course with the MC saying they've always known that their members
:07:04. > :07:10.would be loyal to present Jacob Zuma. Let's take a look at how the
:07:11. > :07:14.day unfolded. They spent the day protesting outside Parliament.
:07:15. > :07:19.Demanding the resignation of President Jacob Zuma. Organised by
:07:20. > :07:23.opposition parties and activists, their march had one clear message to
:07:24. > :07:30.Members of Parliament. But the country first. Not your personal
:07:31. > :07:35.interest. Jacob Zuma has already faced and survived seven motions of
:07:36. > :07:40.no confidence. The eight vote came after he sacked the respected
:07:41. > :07:49.finance minister in spite of opposition from within his own party
:07:50. > :07:52.the ANC. The scandal prone president faces multiple corruption
:07:53. > :07:56.allegations including refurbishing his personal residence at the
:07:57. > :08:01.expense of the taxpayer. I know what Nelson Mandela would've done in this
:08:02. > :08:06.house today. The no-confidence motion today was brought by the
:08:07. > :08:08.opposition who say controversy surrounding the president is
:08:09. > :08:16.bringing the country's economy to its knees. Vote with your
:08:17. > :08:23.conscience. And remove this corrupt and broken president from office. I
:08:24. > :08:28.plead you. Let us put the people of South Africa first and vote to
:08:29. > :08:36.remove Jacob Zuma today. I thank you. For the first time the vote of
:08:37. > :08:40.no-confidence will be held in secret. But the ANC has expressed
:08:41. > :08:50.confidence in the loyalty of its members. At this stage we are
:08:51. > :08:55.throwing a serious, data leading a serious bomb in South Africa to our
:08:56. > :09:03.government and also to a very important party. -- detonating a
:09:04. > :09:06.serious bomb. But the party is beset with internal squabbles and has
:09:07. > :09:17.never been so divided in its 105 year history. 198... Despite the
:09:18. > :09:23.internal divisions, Jacob Zuma survived and has hung on to his
:09:24. > :09:30.political life. 177 votes to 198. What is set now is that he will step
:09:31. > :09:34.down as leader of the governing ANC in December. But what is not clear
:09:35. > :09:42.is whether he can remain president of the country until the elections
:09:43. > :09:47.in 2019. Disappointed Andy Jacob Zuma protesters gathered here
:09:48. > :09:51.outside Parliament and there are now starting to disperse saying they
:09:52. > :09:55.have always known, they hope the ANC would change its mind and put the
:09:56. > :09:59.country first and not their interests but at the same time the
:10:00. > :10:03.hundreds of pro-Jacob Zuma supporters are still singing as they
:10:04. > :10:06.wait for the president Jacob Zuma to address them.
:10:07. > :10:09.The Justice Secretary has approved the transfer of murderer
:10:10. > :10:12.Kenneth Noye to an open prison. Noye, who's 70, was given
:10:13. > :10:14.a life sentence in 2000, for murdering Stephen Cameron
:10:15. > :10:26.The move follows a recommendation by the Parole Board.
:10:27. > :10:29.The parents of a seven year old boy - with a rare genetic disorder -
:10:30. > :10:33.have won the latest stage in their fight to get the NHS to pay
:10:34. > :10:35.for treatment they believe would be life changing.
:10:36. > :10:37.The child, known as S, has a rare condition
:10:38. > :10:38.which inhibits his ability to digest protein.
:10:39. > :10:41.The NHS has refused to fund a drug which could help
:10:42. > :10:43.control his condition on the grounds that it was ineffective.
:10:44. > :10:47.But today, a high court judge rejected that conclusion,
:10:48. > :10:54.as our Legal Affairs Correspondent Clive Coleman reports.
:10:55. > :10:57.Seven-year-old S, we cannot give his name for legal reasons,
:10:58. > :11:03.If he has more than 12 grams of protein a day,
:11:04. > :11:06.which you would find in three slices of bread, he could suffer
:11:07. > :11:12.He also has severe autism and can't talk and so managing his diet
:11:13. > :11:18.S's NHS consultant applied for him to have a drug called Kuvan
:11:19. > :11:21.which allows him to have more protein, but it costs ?100 a day
:11:22. > :11:24.and NHS England has refused to fund it on the basis its clinical
:11:25. > :11:36.We are pleased that we have won the case.
:11:37. > :11:42.It has been a difficult two years trying to get this done,
:11:43. > :11:46.but we know we are not out of the woods yet.
:11:47. > :11:50.Mrs Justice Andrews ruled that NHS England's refusal to fund Kuvan
:11:51. > :11:52.was irrational because evidence that it was clinically
:11:53. > :12:00.That does not mean S will get the drug, but it does mean that
:12:01. > :12:02.NHS England will have to reconsider his
:12:03. > :12:08.In a statement NHS England said: The case is limited
:12:09. > :12:11.to the particular circumstances of this funding request and does not
:12:12. > :12:15.have any wider implications for how NHS England makes decisions
:12:16. > :12:24.If a child with PKU is given Kuvan, it can transform their life.
:12:25. > :12:28.Nine-year-old Alex was struggling at school.
:12:29. > :12:32.His concentration has soared and he can eat the same
:12:33. > :12:38.Today's ruling only affects one child, but parents of children
:12:39. > :12:42.with PKU will be encouraged a High Court judge has
:12:43. > :12:52.found the clinical case for Kuvan is a powerful one.
:12:53. > :12:54.New research, led by the University of Manchester, shows that people
:12:55. > :12:57.in the North of England are more than 20% more likely
:12:58. > :12:59.to die before they reach 75 than people living
:13:00. > :13:03.Our health editor Hugh Pym is in Salford.
:13:04. > :13:13.Hugh, they're calling it a tale of two Englands?
:13:14. > :13:20.That is correct. They're saying differences in life expectancy have
:13:21. > :13:24.been well documented but what has not been uncovered before is
:13:25. > :13:28.differences in the number of deaths amongst a broad swathe of the
:13:29. > :13:32.population. One of their main findings is that there were 1.2
:13:33. > :13:39.million more deaths in the North of England than the south since 1965.
:13:40. > :13:43.Amongst the under 75. But if you go to younger age groups there are even
:13:44. > :13:51.starker differences. First of all they look at the 35 -- 44 age group
:13:52. > :14:00.and 49% more deaths in the north of England than in the South in 2015.
:14:01. > :14:05.As for the 25 - 34 age group, 29% more deaths in the north in 2015 and
:14:06. > :14:09.in both cases the gap has widened considerably. The authors say they
:14:10. > :14:13.think they're a deep-set economic factors at work, and lack of
:14:14. > :14:19.investment going back many decades, a lack of opportunity, a cycle of
:14:20. > :14:23.despair in some communities causing mental health problems and
:14:24. > :14:27.alcoholism leading to real health challenges. The government point of
:14:28. > :14:29.view is that there are complex factors at work. Health
:14:30. > :14:34.inequalities. And they're being addressed. Economic growth,
:14:35. > :14:39.ministers say is actually higher in areas in the north of England than
:14:40. > :14:42.in the UK as a whole. But the study today certainly uncovered a new
:14:43. > :14:53.aspect of a long-running debate on the North South divide.
:14:54. > :14:55.Thousands of pupils in Scotland have received their exam results today.
:14:56. > :14:58.There's been a slight dip in the Highers pass rate,
:14:59. > :15:00.but the Scottish Qualifications Authority said the results were
:15:01. > :15:03.As our Scotland correspondent Lorna Gordon reports,
:15:04. > :15:05.the results come at a time when critics say educational
:15:06. > :15:07.standards have suffered under the SNP Government.
:15:08. > :15:11.Her report contains some flashing images.
:15:12. > :15:15.After all their hard work, the wait is over for these students
:15:16. > :15:20.at Eastbank Academy, in the East End of Glasgow.
:15:21. > :15:25.I got the results I needed, so that's really good.
:15:26. > :15:49.I lost my maths, but that what I was expecting,
:15:50. > :15:53.and I come back and take maths next year if I want.
:15:54. > :15:56.I failed maths, but I was kind of expecting that, so, I'm OK.
:15:57. > :15:58.Across Scotland, pass rates remained at a high-level and results
:15:59. > :16:00.in the Higher exams, sat by 16 and 17-year-old,
:16:01. > :16:03.were broadly in line with last year, but more widely the Scottish
:16:04. > :16:04.education system is facing challenges.
:16:05. > :16:07.Exam results don't themselves tell us anything very much
:16:08. > :16:09.about the standards of Scottish education as a whole,
:16:10. > :16:10.yet international comparisons suggest that Scotland's
:16:11. > :16:12.standards are declining, that Scotland is not
:16:13. > :16:15.It's about average, it's not disastrous,
:16:16. > :16:18.but it used to be well above average and that's clearly not
:16:19. > :16:21.A major international survey of standards in reading,
:16:22. > :16:23.maths and science recently gave Scotland its worst-ever ranking.
:16:24. > :16:25.Scottish Government statistics suggest standards in reading
:16:26. > :16:29.There are also concerns about the gap between the performance
:16:30. > :16:31.of students from relatively well off and poorer backgrounds.
:16:32. > :16:35.The Scottish Government has made closing the attainment gap
:16:36. > :16:37.a priority and there is targeted extra funding.
:16:38. > :16:43.This school has spent the money they've received on trying
:16:44. > :16:46.to increase the proportion of pupils who pass their Highers and then go
:16:47. > :16:49.The minister in charge of Scotland's schools,
:16:50. > :16:50.meeting other students getting their results,
:16:51. > :16:57.said the Government had a relentless focus on improving education.
:16:58. > :16:59.Today's results give us enormous confidence about the strength that
:17:00. > :17:06.exists within Scottish education, but we're determined to build
:17:07. > :17:08.on that and the investments that we're making in pupil equity
:17:09. > :17:10.funding, which is supporting the measures that
:17:11. > :17:22.the attainment gap in Scottish education, will bear fruit
:17:23. > :17:25.So you didn't do as well as you hoped.
:17:26. > :17:28.Help is on hand for those left disappointed.
:17:29. > :17:30.The advice - there are still plenty of options to consider
:17:31. > :17:48.A man from Bury in Greater Manchester has been found guilty
:17:49. > :17:51.of trying to board a flight to Italy with an explosive device
:17:52. > :17:54.Security officers at Manchester airport found the bomb -
:17:55. > :17:57.concealed inside a sealed marker pen - in February this year.
:17:58. > :17:59.Nadeem Muhammed denied any knowledge of the explosive.
:18:00. > :18:01.Our correspondent Dave Guest was in court.
:18:02. > :18:05.Was it a viable bomb? It was indeed. They didn't realise it at first. He
:18:06. > :18:07.arrived at Terminal 3 to board a flight to Italy. It was during the
:18:08. > :18:11.routine security checks that they found this strange device, three or
:18:12. > :18:15.four inches long. It consisted of a tube, wrapped with tape, batteries
:18:16. > :18:32.and wires protruding from either end. At the was questioned by
:18:33. > :18:38.police. When it was swabbed they were told no evidence of a bomb was
:18:39. > :18:42.defect texted. It could have caused real problems if detonated on the
:18:43. > :18:48.plane. He was arrested in early February and convicted at Manchester
:18:49. > :18:53.Crown Court of possessing explosives with intent to endanger life. The
:18:54. > :18:58.weres cueings couldn't find any terrorist link and don't know why he
:18:59. > :19:03.had that thing in his case in the first place. Thank you very much.
:19:04. > :19:08.Athletes at the World Championships have been hit by the norovirus.
:19:09. > :19:11.Botswana's track star is out of the 400 metre final
:19:12. > :19:15.The Special Olympics National Games gets under way in Sheffield,
:19:16. > :19:26.Jose Mourinho reveals he could be in the market for buying
:19:27. > :19:29.Gareth Bale as we look ahead to the Uefa Super Cup
:19:30. > :19:39.where Manchester United take on Real Madrid.
:19:40. > :19:47.Almost 40% of maternity wards in England closed their doors
:19:48. > :19:49.to expectant mothers last year, that's according to a Freedom
:19:50. > :19:51.of Information request made by the Labour Party.
:19:52. > :19:55.In England, 136 NHS Trusts offer maternity services.
:19:56. > :19:57.Last year, 42 of them closed their doors to
:19:58. > :20:03.There were 382 separate occasions when units
:20:04. > :20:10.The most common reason given were shortages of staff or beds.
:20:11. > :20:15.Our health correspondent, Dominic Hughes, reports.
:20:16. > :20:18.Midwives provide specialist care to some of the health service's most
:20:19. > :20:21.vulnerable patients, but a shortage of staff,
:20:22. > :20:23.combined with a rising birth rate, means some maternity
:20:24. > :20:31.Two years ago, Rachel Hall went into labour, but her local unit
:20:32. > :20:34.was temporarily closed and she faced a 30 mile road trip
:20:35. > :20:40.Fortunately, all was well in the end and daughter Isabelle is thriving,
:20:41. > :20:42.but for Rachel the memories are still vivid.
:20:43. > :20:44.When I was told that the hospital was closed,
:20:45. > :20:50.I think I actually went into shock to start off
:20:51. > :20:53.with because I just went really, really quiet and then I just burst
:20:54. > :20:56.into tears and was, like, uncontrollably crying because I just
:20:57. > :20:58.didn't know what was going to happen.
:20:59. > :21:04.So it was quite scary not knowing that my hospital wouldn't take me.
:21:05. > :21:07.This is one of the hospitals that had to close the doors
:21:08. > :21:09.of its maternity unit at least once during 2016.
:21:10. > :21:12.Now everyone agrees that at times managers may have to do that
:21:13. > :21:15.if the safety of mothers and babies is being compromised
:21:16. > :21:22.It happens, births are extremely difficult to plan for,
:21:23. > :21:25.but experts warn that if it happens too frequently, well, that's
:21:26. > :21:30.The Royal College of Midwives believes there's a shortfall
:21:31. > :21:33.of 3,500 expert maternity staff and that's what's behind
:21:34. > :21:42.It's very rare for maternity units to be closed and the fact that we've
:21:43. > :21:45.seen a 70% increase in how often that's happening, I think should
:21:46. > :21:53.Peaks and troughs in the birth rate always have an impact on maternity
:21:54. > :21:57.services and more midwives are being trained.
:21:58. > :22:03.The Department of Health says hospitals need to use temporary
:22:04. > :22:07.closures to manage those peaks in admissions and it argues it's
:22:08. > :22:10.misleading to use these figures to indicate a shortage of staff
:22:11. > :22:12.because of the difficulties around planning for births.
:22:13. > :22:20.The Metropolitan Police has appealed for information after a jogger
:22:21. > :22:23.appeared to push a woman into the path of a bus.
:22:24. > :22:25.CCTV footage shows the man running on Putney Bridge,
:22:26. > :22:28.Police say quick reactions by the bus driver prevented
:22:29. > :22:45.7.41am in the morning, the man Jagging on Put any Bridge, and then
:22:46. > :22:49.this. Is the quick thinking of the bus driver saved the woman's life.
:22:50. > :22:54.The police believe the jogger deliberately pushed her. When you
:22:55. > :22:57.look closely, you see him raise his hands and make contact. The woman's
:22:58. > :23:04.head and shoulders are then on the road in the path of the bus. 15
:23:05. > :23:07.minutes later the jogger came back across the bridge here, running
:23:08. > :23:11.straight past the woman he'd previously knocked over. She tried
:23:12. > :23:16.to talk to him. He just Iing in order her. Passers-by, as well as
:23:17. > :23:20.those who got off the bus, helped the injured woman. The police say
:23:21. > :23:26.she was shocked and upset, but was not seriously hurt. It's very small
:23:27. > :23:30.margins if it hadn't been for good reflexes on the part of the bus
:23:31. > :23:34.driver or the level of force was such to push her even further into
:23:35. > :23:37.the road, almost certainly this could have ended in a fatality. The
:23:38. > :23:42.investigation is focused on finding this man. The mysterious jogger.
:23:43. > :23:46.Detectives say they have received a number of useful calls, including
:23:47. > :23:50.other people reporting similar incidents elsewhere in London. Those
:23:51. > :23:57.leading the investigation stress they believe this was an isolated
:23:58. > :24:01.incident. But are struggling to understand why anyone would
:24:02. > :24:06.deliberately push someone into the road during the morning rush-hour.
:24:07. > :24:11.Daniella Relph, BBC News, Putney. As the Athletics World Championships
:24:12. > :24:13.continue in London a different sporting event starts in Sheffield
:24:14. > :24:15.today, bringing together All the participants at
:24:16. > :24:18.The Special Olympics National Games Joe Wilson has been hearing how
:24:19. > :24:22.competitors have come through despite personal
:24:23. > :24:27.and financial challenges. In Sheffield this week
:24:28. > :24:33.there is sport everywhere. The National Games of
:24:34. > :24:36.the Special Olympics - 20 different disciplines,
:24:37. > :24:38.2,500 competitors and what links What links them all is that they
:24:39. > :24:42.have a learning disability, and that can make life
:24:43. > :24:47.a daily challenge. Everybody being nasty to me,
:24:48. > :24:50.bullying me and stuff like that. And does that happen when you're
:24:51. > :24:55.here doing this sport? No, it doesn't because
:24:56. > :25:06.everybody is the same. A lot of people with intellectual
:25:07. > :25:09.disabilities, coming to these games, actually it gives them the chance
:25:10. > :25:11.to express themselves and to really show,
:25:12. > :25:13.not what they can't do, Well to stage all this sport takes
:25:14. > :25:18.money and for the first time this National Games as a Special Olympics
:25:19. > :25:20.has received direct Treasury funding, ?2 million
:25:21. > :25:23.from the Government. But when the event stops
:25:24. > :25:28.at the weekend, so does that cash. We're hoping that this event
:25:29. > :25:33.will just show what the benefit of supporting Special Olympics
:25:34. > :25:35.by the Government is. The Olympic movement
:25:36. > :25:37.was about friendship, was about camaraderie,
:25:38. > :25:44.was about, you know, achieving to one's best
:25:45. > :25:50.and so perhaps that has That's what you get
:25:51. > :25:53.here in Sheffield? Participation is everything -
:25:54. > :25:57.all ages, all abilities, but each competitor to their local
:25:58. > :25:59.club must raise hundreds James Thorpe and his dad Simon
:26:00. > :26:10.exploring the Athletes' Village, father tries to find
:26:11. > :26:12.the opportunities for his How many different
:26:13. > :26:15.disciplines do you do? Floor, high bar, pommel
:26:16. > :26:18.horse and the rings. There's one place that I know that
:26:19. > :26:21.James is accepted at and that's where he's gone since he was six,
:26:22. > :26:23.five or six. Even that is now
:26:24. > :26:30.struggling for funding. While Sheffield United's football
:26:31. > :26:32.ground hosts the opening ceremony this evening,
:26:33. > :26:34.rehearsals through the day here, But as this national games begins,
:26:35. > :26:37.there is no certainty Time for a look at the weather,
:26:38. > :26:57.here's Ben Rich. Awful out least? It's been dramatic.
:26:58. > :27:01.Yes. We had funnel clouds sent in by a Weather Watcher off the Essex
:27:02. > :27:06.coast and thunder and lightning as well. An impressive shot there again
:27:07. > :27:12.from Essex. It hasn't been that dramatic everywhere. The rain
:27:13. > :27:16.further west across England and Wales hasn't been as heavy. For
:27:17. > :27:20.Northern Ireland and Scotland it's been a scattering of showers and
:27:21. > :27:23.plenty of fine and dry weather. This evening things will turn completely
:27:24. > :27:28.dry across Scotland and Northern Ireland, clear spells here. Areas of
:27:29. > :27:32.wet weather with further thunder and lightning around England and Wales.
:27:33. > :27:37.Temperatures around 10-14 degrees. Tomorrow, one day on the calendar,
:27:38. > :27:41.two very different days of weather. Northern Ireland and Scotland a
:27:42. > :27:46.cracking start to the day, blue skies and sunshine, 13 or 14 degrees
:27:47. > :27:48.for Glasgow and Belfast. Cloud for northern England and Wales. Here
:27:49. > :27:52.things will brighten up through the day. A different story further south
:27:53. > :27:56.and east. A wet start in the south-west of England and through
:27:57. > :28:01.the Midlands, Lincoln shire, East Anglia we have a band of rain heavy
:28:02. > :28:05.bursts of rain. For the rush-hour and deeper into the day this could
:28:06. > :28:08.cause travel problems particularly across East Anglia and the
:28:09. > :28:13.south-east of England. With the heavy bursts of rain it will move
:28:14. > :28:17.slowly. The rain doesn't move very fast. It could give issues with
:28:18. > :28:21.flash-flooding, perhaps travel disruption as well. Look at the
:28:22. > :28:24.scene up to the north-west, completely different weather. Plenty
:28:25. > :28:27.of sunshine, especially for Scotland and Northern Ireland. Temperatures
:28:28. > :28:31.no great shakes for the time of year, 20 in the sunshine, that won't
:28:32. > :28:35.feel too bad. All of us should have a dry day on Thursday, but you
:28:36. > :28:39.guessed it, more rain and strong winds too for the end of the week.
:28:40. > :28:41.Very much. That's all from the BBC News at Six,
:28:42. > :28:44.so it's goodbye from me and on BBC One we now join the BBC's
:28:45. > :28:45.news teams where you are.