:00:00. > :00:10.trading with the EU and the rest of the world after Brexit -
:00:11. > :00:15.Buying and selling across borders - the Brexit Secretary says keeping
:00:16. > :00:18.trade as simple as possible will work for the EU as well.
:00:19. > :00:26.BMW do not want to have to have a customs border
:00:27. > :00:28.that is going to slow down their sales and add
:00:29. > :00:33.But a top EU official calls the plan a fantasy.
:00:34. > :00:39.Also tonight: Millions face a more expensive commute next year.
:00:40. > :00:46.So many of us are not getting pay rises that can manage that.
:00:47. > :00:51.My pay rise is maximum 1%, so that makes us worse off when they
:00:52. > :00:56.The death toll in Sierra Leone rises after yesterday's mudslide.
:00:57. > :01:01.Now health experts fear a spread of cholera and typhoid.
:01:02. > :01:05.Even by the reckoning of the head of this
:01:06. > :01:08.mortuary, who has been doing this for decades, it's absolutely
:01:09. > :01:14.India, the world's most populous democracy, marks 70
:01:15. > :01:20.And I'm in the city of Amritsar looking at the country's potential
:01:21. > :01:27.and the problems that are holding it back.
:01:28. > :01:29.And coming up in Sportsday on BBC News: they're
:01:30. > :01:31.without Philippe Coutiniho, Daniel Sturridge and Adam Lallana,
:01:32. > :01:32.but Liverpool battle on against Hoffenheim
:01:33. > :01:54.in their Champions' League qualifier tonight.
:01:55. > :01:57.Good Evening and welcome to the BBC's News at Six.
:01:58. > :02:00.The Government has set out its plans for trading with the EU and the rest
:02:01. > :02:07.Ministers want to avoid a sudden and drastic change for business
:02:08. > :02:10.so they're calling for a temporary relationship with the EU
:02:11. > :02:13.while a more permanent arrangement is developed.
:02:14. > :02:16.Their ultimate goal is to have a system of trade
:02:17. > :02:19.with the EU that is as close as possible to what we have now.
:02:20. > :02:21.But the EU parliament's chief negotiator described
:02:22. > :02:29.Our business editor Simon Jack reports.
:02:30. > :02:34.Nearly 20% of all goods traded with the EU come through here.
:02:35. > :02:38.Businesses fear any blockages to trading arteries like this
:02:39. > :02:45.would have serious consequences for them and the rest of the UK.
:02:46. > :02:51.For logistics firms, like this one in Kent, time is money.
:02:52. > :02:53.Our business runs on just in time basis, moving goods
:02:54. > :03:00.If we ended up having shipments having to do customs clearances
:03:01. > :03:04.in bound and outbound that would be damaging in terms of the amount
:03:05. > :03:07.of time we would spend at Dover going in and out of the country
:03:08. > :03:11.and that would almost grind our business to a halt.
:03:12. > :03:14.There may be 21 miles of sea between here and France but in trade
:03:15. > :03:17.terms there is no barrier thanks to our membership
:03:18. > :03:22.It's a club of EU countries in which individual
:03:23. > :03:30.Goods move freely and with minimal check-up.
:03:31. > :03:34.But there is still an external border between the EU and the rest
:03:35. > :03:37.of the world at which goods are checked and in some cases tariffs
:03:38. > :03:43.So, what happens when we are outside the club?
:03:44. > :03:46.Today the Government said it wanted to leave,
:03:47. > :03:49.it wanted a new deal but in the period before that could happen,
:03:50. > :03:59.One is the ongoing, easy customs arrangement that allows sale of
:04:00. > :04:02.goods into the European Union but also from them to us,
:04:03. > :04:10.The interim period, it'll take time to get
:04:11. > :04:17.structures in place, will be a bit like the customs union now.
:04:18. > :04:18.This is an ambitious document, by technically
:04:19. > :04:21.leaving the customs union, by leaving border arrangements
:04:22. > :04:23.unchanged for a couple of years, you'll get
:04:24. > :04:24.minimised disruption, while at the same time forging
:04:25. > :04:34.new arrangements with people around the world before
:04:35. > :04:37.we eventually end up with an almost frictionless
:04:38. > :04:39.arrangement with our old friends in the EU.
:04:40. > :04:43.Which is why many think there's one long recipe
:04:44. > :04:50.One EU official described parts of the proposal as "fantasy" while
:04:51. > :04:54.Brussels top negotiator said there were more
:04:55. > :04:56.important things to settle first like citizens rights
:04:57. > :04:59.No-one wants friction at the borders, especially the ones
:05:00. > :05:02.The Government will release more details
:05:03. > :05:05.There are so many issues to unpick, some politicians wonder
:05:06. > :05:12.whether the Government has its priorities right.
:05:13. > :05:14.This seems to be all about the problems in the
:05:15. > :05:17.Conservative Party and really not about addressing the situation faced
:05:18. > :05:19.by the British public and the needs of the economy and jobs.
:05:20. > :05:24.Well, why don't we just stay in the customs union?
:05:25. > :05:28.If they want to have something, that, you know, if it looks like a
:05:29. > :05:30.duck, walks like a duck, quacks like a duck,
:05:31. > :05:33.We're leaving but nothing will change at
:05:34. > :05:36.the border for now, that at least is what the Government is hoping for.
:05:37. > :05:38.Let's get the reaction from Brussels -
:05:39. > :05:51.We know exactly what the UK Government wants. But what do the
:05:52. > :05:56.EU's priorities? George, the EU's first priority is protecting its
:05:57. > :06:01.timetable, hence that tweet from the chief negotiator saying it's make
:06:02. > :06:03.progress on the issues of Ireland, the UK's financial obligations and
:06:04. > :06:07.citizens' rights first, before moving on to the next phase of talks
:06:08. > :06:11.which is about the future relationship. Although it will be
:06:12. > :06:15.intriguing to see if this British paper published today kick-starts a
:06:16. > :06:18.discussion amongst the other EU countries about what that future
:06:19. > :06:22.relationship might look like. I imagine that was one of the
:06:23. > :06:26.intentions of the British Government today in publishing that paper. The
:06:27. > :06:30.EU's other priority is protecting the EU itself and in this case that
:06:31. > :06:34.means stopping the UK becoming some kind of back door for imports of
:06:35. > :06:39.cheaper or lower quality goods into the EU. So that will guide their
:06:40. > :06:45.thinking on this issue of customs. The fact is officials here in this
:06:46. > :06:48.city have been crying out for more details about the British
:06:49. > :06:52.Government's vision of Brexit and the details, so they're actually
:06:53. > :06:55.very happy this paper published today is the first in a deluge of
:06:56. > :06:55.documents heading this way from London.
:06:56. > :06:59.Thank you. Millions of rail passengers
:07:00. > :07:02.will see the biggest rise They're going up by 3.6%
:07:03. > :07:06.in January, because of a rise The increases will affect season
:07:07. > :07:11.tickets, so called "anytime" tickets Unions have called it a kick
:07:12. > :07:15.in the teeth for passengers. Our transport correspondent,
:07:16. > :07:20.Richard Westcott, has the story. Rebecca's commute from Taunton
:07:21. > :07:39.to Bristol costs ?3,500 a year and it's due to go up by ?130 next
:07:40. > :07:42.year as most commuters There is this gradual erosion
:07:43. > :07:49.of your actual real wealth that's happening to an awful lot of people
:07:50. > :07:53.where you will find that your salary may have gone up but everything else
:07:54. > :07:58.is going up so much faster and so much more that year
:07:59. > :08:01.on year we're all actually, It's not the train companies that
:08:02. > :08:05.set around half of our rail fares, it's actually the Government
:08:06. > :08:09.and they've been putting the fares up for years
:08:10. > :08:12.because they want to change who pays It's all part of a plan to shift
:08:13. > :08:16.the financial burden away from taxpayers,
:08:17. > :08:20.most of whom don't commute Fares used to account for about half
:08:21. > :08:26.the cost of running our trains. Across Britain, people
:08:27. > :08:33.are facing tough choices. If it goes up, I probably won't even
:08:34. > :08:36.be able to afford to go to work. I will have to get the car to work
:08:37. > :08:39.because it's cheaper I work in the public sector,
:08:40. > :08:44.my pay rise is maximum 1% so that makes us worse off when they put
:08:45. > :08:47.fares up like that. I wouldn't mind the rise if you got
:08:48. > :08:50.a better quality carriage They're pretty tatty
:08:51. > :08:52.these things now. Campaigners have criticised the use
:08:53. > :08:55.of the RPI rate of inflation which is usually higher but the rail
:08:56. > :08:58.firms say they face Railway companies costs are going up
:08:59. > :09:06.in line with that inflation as well so they have to cover those costs
:09:07. > :09:08.in order to be able to provide the services
:09:09. > :09:12.that we want as passengers. Ministers argue that the money
:09:13. > :09:16.is needed to pay for a ?40 billion A lot of it is still Victorian
:09:17. > :09:22.and it's struggling to cope Critics claim fares have outstripped
:09:23. > :09:28.wages for years and say it's The Government could still change
:09:29. > :09:34.its mind in the Autumn Budget. The public inquiry into
:09:35. > :09:42.the Grenfell Tower fire - which left more than 80 people dead
:09:43. > :09:45.- is officially under way today. It will examine how the blaze
:09:46. > :09:48.started and the actions But broader social questions
:09:49. > :09:53.will not be considered. This has led to criticism
:09:54. > :09:57.from the local MP, residents and campaigners, as our special
:09:58. > :09:59.correspondent, Hanging from near
:10:00. > :10:11.the top of the tower. There are still remains to be found,
:10:12. > :10:14.bodies to be identified. And still, so many
:10:15. > :10:18.questions to be answered. Questions the public inquiry
:10:19. > :10:31.says it will look at. The inquiry now says it will examine
:10:32. > :10:35.the cause and spread of the fire, the design and construction
:10:36. > :10:37.of the tower block, including safety regulations,
:10:38. > :10:39.and the response of the Fire Brigade to the blaze and central and local
:10:40. > :10:41.government's response after it. But it won't look at social housing
:10:42. > :10:45.policy, or the relationship between residents and the council,
:10:46. > :10:46.and the tenant Karim is still waiting
:10:47. > :10:53.for the remains of his uncle to be We thought that it's
:10:54. > :10:58.covering pretty much what we want it to cover,
:10:59. > :11:01.in terms of, you know, the cause and spread of the fire,
:11:02. > :11:04.the response with the local authorities and the residents,
:11:05. > :11:07.before and after. Do you think the inquiry
:11:08. > :11:10.could be broader? I think it should be
:11:11. > :11:14.more broader and be more detailed in terms
:11:15. > :11:19.of that, yeah, definitely. You would like it to
:11:20. > :11:24.look at social housing? But he still can't say he has
:11:25. > :11:29.confidence in the inquiry. I mean I have more confidence
:11:30. > :11:34.in a criminal investigation While Sir Martin Moore Bick, the
:11:35. > :11:46.head of the inquiry won't examine policy on social housing,
:11:47. > :11:48.the Government says ministers will. There is a listening exercise
:11:49. > :11:51.we have to do in Government about wider social housing policy
:11:52. > :11:53.and that is precisely what I will be doing over
:11:54. > :11:56.the coming weeks and months. As residents marched in silence last
:11:57. > :11:59.night to remember the tragedy, many still feel the inquiry
:12:00. > :12:01.doesn't go far enough. The Prime Minister said no stone
:12:02. > :12:03.would be unturned and this We need to make sure social
:12:04. > :12:08.housing is considered. This is what we felt was going
:12:09. > :12:13.to happen at the beginning of this consultation process and this
:12:14. > :12:16.is what has happened. The inquiry's had a difficult
:12:17. > :12:18.start with the judge He needs the confidence
:12:19. > :12:27.of the survivors, the bereaved, as a whitewash, and after today's
:12:28. > :12:30.announcement, he still doesn't have The Grenfell inquiry
:12:31. > :12:37.will hold its first hearing next month and hopes to have an initial
:12:38. > :12:40.report on the cause and spread One survivor said,
:12:41. > :12:47."We just want the truth." The family of each person killed
:12:48. > :12:50.in the Manchester Arena terror attack in May
:12:51. > :12:53.is to receive a ?250,000. That includes ?70,000 which has
:12:54. > :12:57.already been given to the next of kin of the 22 people who died
:12:58. > :13:02.in the bombing. The money is from the We Love
:13:03. > :13:07.Manchester Emergency Fund which has so far raised ?18 million
:13:08. > :13:11.from public donations. A cyclist, accused of killing
:13:12. > :13:13.a woman by crashing into her in a London street,
:13:14. > :13:17.began shouting at her as she lay Charlie Alliston, who was 18
:13:18. > :13:22.at the time, was allegedly going 18mph before knocking down
:13:23. > :13:27.Kim Briggs in an east London street. Mrs Briggs suffered brain injuries
:13:28. > :13:31.and died in hospital days later. A desperate dig for survivors
:13:32. > :13:38.is under way in Sierra Leone's capital, after mudslides and floods
:13:39. > :13:41.claimed the lives Their homes on the outskirts
:13:42. > :13:47.of Freetown were engulfed after part of a mountain
:13:48. > :13:50.collapsed yesterday morning. As our correspondent
:13:51. > :13:55.Umaru Fofana reports, the authorities are planning mass
:13:56. > :13:56.burials because the On the day after, emergency services
:13:57. > :14:07.are still overstretched. Inside the central
:14:08. > :14:09.mortuary of the main They are lying on the floor in the
:14:10. > :14:16.open because there is no more space. Nearly 100 bodies were brought
:14:17. > :14:22.in on Tuesday morning, bringing the total number to nearly
:14:23. > :14:24.400, some of them limbless. The head of the mortuary
:14:25. > :14:30.says they are completely overstretched and that is not all,
:14:31. > :14:34.as they were trying to sort corpses out, more corpses are being brought
:14:35. > :14:37.in from different parts of the city. Even the rescue effort
:14:38. > :14:38.here is challenged. People are believed to still be
:14:39. > :14:42.alive underneath this spot. Even if they are, it'll be a miracle
:14:43. > :14:45.to find them breathing. Government and development
:14:46. > :14:55.partners have now set up a response centre,
:14:56. > :14:57.registering those left behind by the But the testimonies from people
:14:58. > :15:03.who have been badly hit by this disaster are in
:15:04. > :15:07.no short supply. TRANSLATION: I first saw the body
:15:08. > :15:10.of my sister and called on people to help me and
:15:11. > :15:12.we laid on the floor. Then I started hearing other
:15:13. > :15:15.people nearby crying. Monday's mudslide and flash flood
:15:16. > :15:26.have shaken this country. Even for a country that has known
:15:27. > :15:29.a bloody civil war and destabilising Ebola outbreak,
:15:30. > :15:30.this is unbearable. That report from Umaru
:15:31. > :15:32.Fofana our correspondent Ministers set out their plans
:15:33. > :15:45.for trade after Brexit. A top EU official
:15:46. > :15:46.calls it a fantasy. Sailing to the North Pole,
:15:47. > :16:02.it's never been done, but explorer Coming up in Sportsday on BBC News:
:16:03. > :16:07.It's all about the pink balls as England prepare for the first ever
:16:08. > :16:11.day-night Test Match. They play the West Indies at Edgbaston on Friday.
:16:12. > :16:16.Play will go on until 9pm in the evening.
:16:17. > :16:19.India's Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, has led his nation
:16:20. > :16:21.in marking the 70th anniversary of the country's
:16:22. > :16:25.The division of colonial India into two states -
:16:26. > :16:28.India and Pakistan - in 1947 was followed by sectarian
:16:29. > :16:31.violence between Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs.
:16:32. > :16:37.The Partition led to the movement of around 12 million people in one
:16:38. > :16:40.of the largest migrations ever seen.
:16:41. > :16:44.Many Muslims fled east and west out of Hindu-dominated India.
:16:45. > :16:49.Similarly, millions of Hindus and Sikhs headed the other way.
:16:50. > :16:56.Reeta Chakrabarti is live at the golden temple in Amritsar.
:16:57. > :17:00.This is the holiest site of the Sikh religion,
:17:01. > :17:04.and it stands in the state of Punjab, which was terribly
:17:05. > :17:08.affected in the horrors of Partition 70 years ago.
:17:09. > :17:11.While India celebrates the anniversary of its independence,
:17:12. > :17:16.it has a lot to reflect on, in its past and in its present.
:17:17. > :17:23.It has a huge and young population and a growing economy. But there's
:17:24. > :17:24.also been a rise in religious violence, directed especially at
:17:25. > :17:27.Muslims. as our South Asia correspondent,
:17:28. > :17:29.Justin Rowlatt, This is a day of
:17:30. > :17:33.celebration for India. The Indian Prime Minister,
:17:34. > :17:35.Narendra Modi, talked of the country's successes -
:17:36. > :17:37.its growing economy, its efforts to tackle corruption
:17:38. > :17:41.and his vision for a secure, developed nation with equal
:17:42. > :17:45.opportunities for all. He made a point of speaking out
:17:46. > :17:52.against hate crimes. TRANSLATION: In the name
:17:53. > :17:57.of religions some people in this This is the land of Gandhi
:17:58. > :18:04.and violence in the name of faith He is talking about India's tiny
:18:05. > :18:08.minority of Hindu extremists, Modi is a Hindu Nationalist
:18:09. > :18:17.and tensions have been growing between the country's Hindu majority
:18:18. > :18:21.and its large Muslim minority. At the centre of the controversy
:18:22. > :18:27.is the slaughter of cows for meat. But the cow is a sacred animal
:18:28. > :18:31.in Hinduism regarded TRANSLATION: If I find someone
:18:32. > :18:40.killing my mother cow, I don't need the police
:18:41. > :18:46.or the authorities. He's so passionate about protecting
:18:47. > :18:54.the cow he and his supporters They've been told they've got no
:18:55. > :19:04.permission to stop vehicles, Stopping these lorries to see
:19:05. > :19:11.if they're carrying any cows. TRANSLATION: I have information
:19:12. > :19:14.that they are smuggling cows Cow vigilantes have been
:19:15. > :19:21.increasingly active across the country since Modi took
:19:22. > :19:26.power and there have been murders. Avoiding communal conflict
:19:27. > :19:30.is crucial for India. This new bridge is just
:19:31. > :19:33.one of scores of major The country's doing well -
:19:34. > :19:38.the fastest growing large There is a lot for India
:19:39. > :19:45.to celebrate today but the prime minister knows keeping this country
:19:46. > :19:49.growing depends on keeping This city Amritsar is right
:19:50. > :20:01.on the border with Pakistan, and as India celebrates its 70 years
:20:02. > :20:04.of Independence, it is just starting to address publicly its brutal
:20:05. > :20:07.and bloody beginning, when the country was effectively cut
:20:08. > :20:10.in two by Partition. As I've been finding out,
:20:11. > :20:13.it was a difficult start for India and for its first prime minister,
:20:14. > :20:21.Jawaharlal Nehru. One of a tiny number of transport
:20:22. > :20:24.links between neighbours. This train operates just twice
:20:25. > :20:27.a week, taking Indians over the border and bringing Pakistanis
:20:28. > :20:32.here to the outskirts of Amritsar. But it's a journey very few make,
:20:33. > :20:36.because of decades of mistrust between the two countries,
:20:37. > :20:38.which started with the Amritsar is becoming
:20:39. > :20:44.a centre of remembrance. This week, India is launching
:20:45. > :20:49.the first ever Partition museum here, recording the acts of violence
:20:50. > :20:52.and bravery of that time. People actually haven't spoken much
:20:53. > :20:56.about Partition in the past, The reason being that
:20:57. > :21:01.I think that generation when they came across,
:21:02. > :21:03.A, they were traumatised, and B, because they were so busy
:21:04. > :21:06.setting up their own lives, As the newly independent
:21:07. > :21:14.state of India was born, its first Prime Minister,
:21:15. > :21:17.Jawaharlal Nehru, was full At the stroke of the midnight hour,
:21:18. > :21:23.when the world sleeps, India His vision was of a democratic,
:21:24. > :21:31.secular state in which poverty and She lived through the horrors
:21:32. > :21:40.and only narrowly escaped with her life, hidden with a fruit
:21:41. > :21:45.truck and disguised in a burkha. Now 87, she's been recording her
:21:46. > :21:48.memories for her grandson Rishi and reflecting on modern India
:21:49. > :21:53.and Nehru's India. TRANSLATION: All the dreams
:21:54. > :21:57.that he showed us, they've We thought that after independence,
:21:58. > :22:03.all sorts of things would happen. We are still better off
:22:04. > :22:06.but there are many poor people. There is still so much
:22:07. > :22:12.poverty in India. There has been major economic growth
:22:13. > :22:15.in India by Nehru's vision of a more One thing endures, the political
:22:16. > :22:23.mistrust between India and Pakistan, a hostility that some born many
:22:24. > :22:26.years after Partition We might just worship different
:22:27. > :22:36.gods but that doesn't But he's never been to Pakistan,
:22:37. > :22:44.which is less than 20 miles away. The border between the two countries
:22:45. > :22:47.is real and psychological. Partition is both history
:22:48. > :23:00.and ever present. It is very difficult for Indians to
:23:01. > :23:04.go to Pakistan and vice versa. There are very few transport links and
:23:05. > :23:08.almost no-one makes the journey. We were broadcasting in Pakistan
:23:09. > :23:17.yesterday and made the crossing from Lahore, just 30 miles from here to
:23:18. > :23:20.Amritsar. Very few people made the acrossing with us, that's because of
:23:21. > :23:25.a long standing hostility between the states of India and Pakistan.
:23:26. > :23:28.Its peoples may feel friendship, but the states themselves, 70 years
:23:29. > :23:34.after Partition, they feel as far apart as ever. George, back to you.
:23:35. > :23:37.The British explorer Pen Hadow and his team have set
:23:38. > :23:39.off for the North Pole in two 50-foot yachts.
:23:40. > :23:43.His team say the melting of sea ice in the region is making the voyage
:23:44. > :23:46.Hadow left Nome in Alaska earlier today.
:23:47. > :23:51.He'll sail along the Baring Strait into the Central Arctic Ocean.
:23:52. > :23:54.After that his team will use satellites to plot the best
:23:55. > :23:59.They are attempting to reach the geographic North Pole
:24:00. > :24:02.and the expedition should take about six weeks.
:24:03. > :24:06.Our science correspondent, Rebecca Morelle, reports.
:24:07. > :24:10.Setting off into uncharted Arctic waters, a pair of yachts
:24:11. > :24:13.attempting a first - sailing all the way
:24:14. > :24:20.A crew of ten and the dog have just departed from Alaska,
:24:21. > :24:25.led by British explorer, Pen Hadow, they have a 3,500
:24:26. > :24:31.For the first time in human history, possibly for the first
:24:32. > :24:34.time in 130,000 years, it is now possible to sail
:24:35. > :24:42.It's rapid warming that's made this expedition even possible.
:24:43. > :24:48.This shows how sea ice has melted over time.
:24:49. > :24:50.The smaller the circle, the less ice that year.
:24:51. > :24:53.There's still data to come for 2017, but already it doesn't look good.
:24:54. > :24:55.Since the 1970s, it's estimated that half of the volume
:24:56. > :25:05.It means that once inaccessible waters are opening up
:25:06. > :25:09.and researchers say this could lead to significant changes, especially
:25:10. > :25:18.At Reading University, scientists say that instead
:25:19. > :25:20.of having to sail around the frozen pole, ships will have
:25:21. > :25:26.At the moment, we're seeing a few experimental
:25:27. > :25:32.In the future, as the ice continues to melt, the possibility of having
:25:33. > :25:34.more commercial ships travelling through the region
:25:35. > :25:39.Ships may be able to go right over the pole
:25:40. > :25:43.The team do not know how far north they'll get.
:25:44. > :25:46.But this expedition into the unknown may be the start
:25:47. > :25:57.Let's hear about climate change of a different kind.
:25:58. > :26:04.We could do with changing our weather that's for sure! A day of
:26:05. > :26:08.sunshine and showers across the north of the UK. We've had some of
:26:09. > :26:12.these clouds in the sky, moving across the skyline in Aberdeenshire,
:26:13. > :26:15.for example. Some of those have been pretty heavy as well. Not just
:26:16. > :26:19.across the north-east of Scotland. We've seen a number of showers
:26:20. > :26:26.working across into Northern Ireland as well, with thunder storms up over
:26:27. > :26:30.the Antrim hills. That's the lion's share of the activity today. We've
:26:31. > :26:32.all seen decent spells of sunshine, the best of this across England and
:26:33. > :26:36.Wales. Overnight tonight, the showers that are still with us will
:26:37. > :26:40.continue to fade away. We'll have clear skies and light winds. A
:26:41. > :26:43.combination that will lead to some fairly low temperatures for an
:26:44. > :26:46.August night, not in the towns and cities. Temperatures holding up into
:26:47. > :26:50.double figures. In rural Scotland, we could get down to five degrees by
:26:51. > :26:53.the end of the night. Looking at Wednesday's weather charts, it's an
:26:54. > :26:57.east-west split. A ridge of high pressure to start in the east. An
:26:58. > :27:01.area of low pressure that will bring wet and yndy weather -- windy
:27:02. > :27:04.weather into the west. That gets into Northern Ireland quickly.
:27:05. > :27:07.Scotland, England and Wales having a decent morning with some sunshine.
:27:08. > :27:11.But you can see the rain will continue to make inroads by the
:27:12. > :27:15.afternoon. Turning wet and windy across western Scotland later in the
:27:16. > :27:18.day. The winds picking up to give gale-force gusts around the coasts
:27:19. > :27:21.and coasts here. The wet weather continues in Northern Ireland.
:27:22. > :27:25.Things brighten up towards the end of the day. The rain is slow to
:27:26. > :27:29.reach the Eastern side of Wales. For the bulk of England, the rain
:27:30. > :27:33.arriving very late on, a decent day with fine spells of sunshine. A bit
:27:34. > :27:36.breezier than it was today. It's through the nighttime that rain band
:27:37. > :27:40.crosses Wales and England. Turning heavy for a time as well. It could
:27:41. > :27:43.be quite slow to clear Eastern areas of England through Thursday morning.
:27:44. > :27:47.Eventually it will. We get sunshine following in. In fact Thursday's
:27:48. > :27:50.weather looks similar to today really. We'll have further showers,
:27:51. > :27:54.particular across the north and west sm. Of those could be heavy with
:27:55. > :27:58.thunder. Warm in the sunshine with highs of 24. By Friday, we start to
:27:59. > :28:01.get a North Westerly wind. That brings plenty of showers across
:28:02. > :28:04.north-western areas of the UK. Some of those heavy with hail and
:28:05. > :28:07.thunder. Generally fewer showers towards the south and east through
:28:08. > :28:08.Friday and indeed into the weekend as well.
:28:09. > :28:21.That's how the weather's shaping up. Ministers set out their plans for
:28:22. > :28:25.trade after Brexit. They want a system as close as possible to what
:28:26. > :28:29.we have now. But a top EU official has called it a fantasy.
:28:30. > :28:35.It's goodbye from me, and on BBC One, we now join