:00:00. > :00:00.Tonight at Six, British law and British courts
:00:07. > :00:13.Theresa May's promise for life after Brexit.
:00:14. > :00:15.Under new proposals the European Court of Justice
:00:16. > :00:18.will not have a direct say over our affairs.
:00:19. > :00:22.When we leave the European Union we will be leaving the jurisdiction of
:00:23. > :00:28.But what happens if there's a dispute with the EU after Brexit?
:00:29. > :00:35.Cleared of manslaughter, the cyclist who knocked down
:00:36. > :00:38.a mother of two who died of her injuries.
:00:39. > :00:43.They'd lost a mother, Harry and William speak
:00:44. > :00:49.It will either make or break you and I wouldn't let it break me
:00:50. > :00:54.and I wanted it to make me, and I wanted her to be proud.
:00:55. > :00:57.And Rooney retires - Wayne calls time on his
:00:58. > :01:01.international career with England after 14 years.
:01:02. > :01:04.And coming up in Sportsday on BBC News: Liverpool will be hoping to
:01:05. > :01:06.book their place in the Champions League main draw.
:01:07. > :01:08.They lead Hoffenheim 2-1 ahead of tonight's
:01:09. > :01:33.Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.
:01:34. > :01:36.In the latest of its proposals for life after Brexit the government
:01:37. > :01:39.has published its plans on how it wants to end the legal authority
:01:40. > :01:43.of the European Court of Justice in UK affairs.
:01:44. > :01:45.At the moment the Court can influence everything from workers'
:01:46. > :01:52.But Theresa May says it will no longer have what she calls a direct
:01:53. > :01:57.But, in what critics see as a climbdown,
:01:58. > :02:00.the new plan appears to allow the European Court to have some
:02:01. > :02:03.role in future disputes between the EU and Britain.
:02:04. > :02:07.Here's our political correspondent Ben Wright.
:02:08. > :02:10.It is about bringing power back to Britain.
:02:11. > :02:12.We will take back control of our laws and bring
:02:13. > :02:14.an end to the jurisdiction of the European Court
:02:15. > :02:20.And for many Leave campaigners that is what Brexit was all about.
:02:21. > :02:22.Take back democracy, take back control for our country.
:02:23. > :02:30.As it reveals its ideas for how disputes between the EU and the UK
:02:31. > :02:33.might be hammered out in the future, the Prime Minister
:02:34. > :02:37.denied the government was ditching its big red line.
:02:38. > :02:39.We are very clear we will not have the jurisdiction
:02:40. > :02:43.We will put in place arrangements to ensure that businesses
:02:44. > :02:46.have the confidence of knowing they can continue to trade
:02:47. > :02:54.So what is the European Court of Justice and why does it matter?
:02:55. > :02:57.It is because this Luxembourg court is the EU's ultimate legal
:02:58. > :03:00.authority, refereeing disputes between EU institutions
:03:01. > :03:07.Its judgments have shaped everything from our food
:03:08. > :03:12.For many people it has become a totemic representation of our lack
:03:13. > :03:17.of control of our own laws because basically ministers can find
:03:18. > :03:21.themselves being forced to change UK law because the ECJ says
:03:22. > :03:24.what we are trying to do here, rules that Parliament has passed,
:03:25. > :03:28.are incompatible with European law and we have to change things.
:03:29. > :03:31.But going forward we will have some sort of relationship with the EU
:03:32. > :03:34.and and that means we will not be able to divorce ourselves from
:03:35. > :03:40.And that is the dilemma for the government.
:03:41. > :03:44.So what does today's paper tell us about its aims?
:03:45. > :03:47.Ministers today accepted they would have to keep half
:03:48. > :03:51.an eye on rulings by EU judges after Brexit.
:03:52. > :03:54.New arbitration bodies will have to be created to ensure the EU
:03:55. > :03:59.and the UK are playing by the same rules when a trade deal is done.
:04:00. > :04:04.Although the ECJ would not have direct jurisdiction over the UK,
:04:05. > :04:08.its judges may have a role interpreting EU law.
:04:09. > :04:11.And opposition parties here see the government's position shifting.
:04:12. > :04:14.The government is clearly backtracking on its earlier red
:04:15. > :04:17.lines and saying there has to be some form of dispute resolution
:04:18. > :04:20.and some form of judicial process and that obviously is the case
:04:21. > :04:23.and we have indeed said that all along.
:04:24. > :04:26.What the Prime Minister is now recognising is there will be a role
:04:27. > :04:29.for the European Court, whether it is in relation
:04:30. > :04:32.to the withdrawal agreement, the transition period,
:04:33. > :04:36.or even post Brexit in terms of the ECJ law, European court law,
:04:37. > :04:39.that we have incorporated into UK law.
:04:40. > :04:42.And the SNP urged the government to rub out its red line
:04:43. > :04:49.It is revealing too that most pro-Brexit Tory MPs seem pretty
:04:50. > :05:00.comfortable with the direction the government is going on this.
:05:01. > :05:03.And it is the fact once Britain leaves the European Union,
:05:04. > :05:06.judgments about the European Court of Justice will no longer be
:05:07. > :05:09.One of the big questions for negotiations is the extent
:05:10. > :05:12.Britain chooses to follow EU law and judgments in return
:05:13. > :05:14.for close cooperation on trade, security and more.
:05:15. > :05:20.The chief negotiators from Britain and the EU will resume the talks
:05:21. > :05:23.in Brussels next week and there have already been disagreements
:05:24. > :05:27.between the two sides on the role the ECJ should have in the future.
:05:28. > :05:30.Today's paper from the UK may smooth things over a bit.
:05:31. > :05:33.It shows they are accepting there are painful trade-offs to be
:05:34. > :05:37.made and the fact they are now saying that they will not
:05:38. > :05:39.accept the direct effects of the European Court of Justice,
:05:40. > :05:42.they will just accept it indirectly affecting the UK post Brexit,
:05:43. > :05:46.is quite constructive from an EU point of view.
:05:47. > :05:50.Centuries of law is piled high in Westminster and restoring
:05:51. > :05:53.Parliament's sovereignty is fundamental to Brexit,
:05:54. > :05:56.but the UK is not about to leap into legal isolation and EU law,
:05:57. > :06:00.as shaped by the ECJ, will still be relevant
:06:01. > :06:23.Clive Coleman is here. Is this the end of the influence of the ECJ? The
:06:24. > :06:29.court judgment will no longer be binding on our courts, and in that
:06:30. > :06:32.sense it will be gone, however the government's paper centres around
:06:33. > :06:38.the trade and that will involve a lot of EU law and if you want to
:06:39. > :06:42.sell cars into Germany, it will involve those standards and its
:06:43. > :06:49.influence will remain. How does this affect people like you and me? The
:06:50. > :06:54.ECJ has developed law across many areas like disability rights,
:06:55. > :06:59.consumers' writes and workers' writes. For example, over time is
:07:00. > :07:03.calculated as part of holiday pay. If there is another ruling extending
:07:04. > :07:10.those rights, we will not get the benefits of that. Also, for example,
:07:11. > :07:18.zero rate VAT on female sanitary products. What about trading? That
:07:19. > :07:23.is when it becomes more complicated and the government is throwing at
:07:24. > :07:28.the series of different options. This is resolving disputes, a joint
:07:29. > :07:36.committee, a panel of arbitration. If there is a dispute, there could
:07:37. > :07:41.be for the ECJ, for it says to have a post Brexit reference, and that
:07:42. > :07:47.could resolve the dispute. Thank you very much. Adam Fleming is at the
:07:48. > :07:53.European Court of Justice in Luxembourg. We know what Britain was
:07:54. > :07:59.out of all of this, but let's not forget this is a negotiation. Yes,
:08:00. > :08:03.and we can split this into the short-term, medium term and long
:08:04. > :08:08.term. In the short term the first test will come next week when David
:08:09. > :08:13.Davies and his opposite number, Michel Barnier, will sit down for a
:08:14. > :08:17.further round of talks. At the top of the agenda are the rights of EU
:08:18. > :08:22.citizens living in the UK after Brexit, which Europe wants to be
:08:23. > :08:26.guaranteed by the ECJ. In the medium-term Michel Barnier has
:08:27. > :08:29.proposed the issues that come out of the Brexit agreement could be sold
:08:30. > :08:33.by a joint committee of officials from each side and if they cannot
:08:34. > :08:38.reach agreement, that would go to the ECJ for the final say. You can
:08:39. > :08:43.imagine the UK signing up to the first part of that, but not the
:08:44. > :08:49.second. As for the long term, the final, permanent deal between the EU
:08:50. > :08:54.and the UK, that is an issue for phase two of the talks which will
:08:55. > :08:56.not start until the end of this year at the very earliest. A long way to
:08:57. > :08:58.go. Adam, thank you very much. The Home Office has apologised
:08:59. > :09:02.after around a hundred letters were wrongly sent to EU nationals
:09:03. > :09:04.warning them they face detention The error emerged after a Finnish
:09:05. > :09:08.academic tweeted about correspondence she received
:09:09. > :09:10.from the department. Eva Johanna Holmberg,
:09:11. > :09:13.who is married to a Briton, A cyclist who knocked down a mother
:09:14. > :09:20.of two who later died of her injuries has been
:09:21. > :09:22.cleared of manslaughter. Charlie Alliston was, however,
:09:23. > :09:25.found guilty of the charge of causing bodily harm by wanton
:09:26. > :09:27.and furious driving. Kim Briggs suffered catastrophic
:09:28. > :09:31.head injuries and died a week later. Alliston was riding a bike
:09:32. > :09:34.without front brakes, designed for the cycling track
:09:35. > :09:49.and not the high street. It was a split second encounter with
:09:50. > :09:52.a bike that ended Kim Briggs' life. She was crossing a busy London
:09:53. > :09:58.street in her lunch break when she was hit. Charlie Alston in the
:09:59. > :10:02.middle was the cyclist, eating at the time and a former courier who
:10:03. > :10:07.said he tried to swerve. But the bike he was riding should never have
:10:08. > :10:10.been on the road, it was designed for the velodrome without gears and
:10:11. > :10:15.with no front brake. Alliston claimed he did not know he needed
:10:16. > :10:19.one to ride on the road and said he still would not have been able to
:10:20. > :10:25.stop in time. Outside the court Kim Brix' family welcome to the verdict.
:10:26. > :10:29.I would like to ask you to remember came not through the lens of this
:10:30. > :10:37.trial, but for being the beautiful, fun loving women who adored her
:10:38. > :10:44.children and who lived her life to the full and by the mantra make
:10:45. > :10:48.every day count. Charlie Alistair was doing about 80 miles an hour as
:10:49. > :10:52.he approached this junction. The lights are green. He said he saw Kim
:10:53. > :10:56.Brix stepping out into the road just beyond the crossing looking at her
:10:57. > :11:02.phone. He called out and slowed down to less than 40 miles an hour,
:11:03. > :11:07.called again and swerved to avoid her. He told the court she stepped
:11:08. > :11:12.back into his path. On the evening of the crash Charlie Alston wrote
:11:13. > :11:30.online, yes, it is her fault, but no, she did not
:11:31. > :11:33.deserve it. Hopefully it is a lesson load on her
:11:34. > :11:36.behalf. He later deleted those words and other comments and told the
:11:37. > :11:38.court it was stupid and not thought through. This has been a complex
:11:39. > :11:40.case with difficult questions about safety and responsibility and how
:11:41. > :11:42.cyclists and pedestrians shared the road. Kim Brix' family now wants
:11:43. > :11:45.tougher as cycling laws. The judge remarked Charlie Alston has shown no
:11:46. > :11:47.remorse. He will be sentenced next month and has been warned to expect
:11:48. > :11:52.Prince William has been describing how he didn't want the death
:11:53. > :11:55.of his mother to "break him" for fear of damaging her legacy.
:11:56. > :11:57.He and Prince Harry have been speaking for a BBC
:11:58. > :11:59.documentary marking 20 years since Diana, Princess
:12:00. > :12:02.Our royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell reports.
:12:03. > :12:06.It does contain some flash photography.
:12:07. > :12:08.20 years ago they were children, doing their best to cope
:12:09. > :12:11.with their own grief amid the close attention of a grieving nation.
:12:12. > :12:14.It had been their father who had had to break the news
:12:15. > :12:16.to William and Harry that their mother was dead.
:12:17. > :12:19.They had been at Balmoral and in the documentary they say how
:12:20. > :12:23.relieved they were that the Queen had kept them there for a few days.
:12:24. > :12:24.They were grateful too to their father.
:12:25. > :12:36.But the solitude of Balmoral had given way
:12:37. > :12:40.They had come out to meet people outside Kensington palace.
:12:41. > :12:43.And it is clear that they found the whole experience bewildering.
:12:44. > :12:45.I couldn't understand then, says William, why people
:12:46. > :12:47.were so upset over someone they didn't know.
:12:48. > :12:50.The public grieving reached its height on the day
:12:51. > :12:55.And they start walking down the road...
:12:56. > :12:59.William and Harry were determined not to show their emotions.
:13:00. > :13:01.The decision for them to walk behind their mother's
:13:02. > :13:05.often was a collective, family decision, says William.
:13:06. > :13:09.More than anything else they wanted to honour their mother's memory.
:13:10. > :13:11.When you have something so traumatic as the death
:13:12. > :13:15.of your mother when you are 15, as very sadly many people have
:13:16. > :13:19.experienced, and no one wants to experience,
:13:20. > :13:24.You know, it will either make or break you.
:13:25. > :13:31.I wanted her to be proud of the person I would become.
:13:32. > :13:35.I didn't want her worried or her legacy to be that you know,
:13:36. > :13:40.William and or Harry were completely and utterly devastated by it.
:13:41. > :13:43.And that all the hard work and all the love and all the energy
:13:44. > :13:45.that she put into us when we were younger
:13:46. > :13:50.In the years since Diana's death her sons have taken
:13:51. > :13:53.up many of the causes that she championed.
:13:54. > :13:56.The pain may have softened, but in Harry's case there
:13:57. > :13:59.is still anger towards the French photographers who pursued
:14:00. > :14:04.Diana's speeding car into the Alma tunnel in Paris.
:14:05. > :14:07.I think one of the hardest things to come to terms with is the fact
:14:08. > :14:12.that the people that chased her through, into the tunnel,
:14:13. > :14:15.were the same people that were taking photographs
:14:16. > :14:18.of her while she was still dying on the back seat of the car.
:14:19. > :14:21.And those people that caused the accident, instead of helping,
:14:22. > :14:25.were taking photographs of her dying on the back seat.
:14:26. > :14:28.And then those photographs made their way back to news
:14:29. > :14:33.20 years have passed, there is a generation now with no
:14:34. > :14:40.But for many it remains a week in Britain's recent
:14:41. > :14:43.history which retains its emotional resonance.
:14:44. > :14:50.And you can see that documentary "Diana: 7 days",
:14:51. > :14:58.President Donald Trump has launched a ferocious attack on the media,
:14:59. > :15:02.calling journalists "dishonest" and "sick" people.
:15:03. > :15:05.Speaking at a rally of supporters in Phoenix, Arizona, Mr Trump said
:15:06. > :15:08.the media had failed to report accurately his comments
:15:09. > :15:10.about the violent behaviour of far right nationalists
:15:11. > :15:35.It is how he won the presidency, railing against elites in
:15:36. > :15:39.government, on Wall Street and in the media. But the campaign ended
:15:40. > :15:47.nine months ago. Not that you would know it. The red lights, they are
:15:48. > :15:49.turning them off fast. For half an hour in Phoenix, the President
:15:50. > :15:56.lambasted the news media. He was animated, even angry, as he blamed
:15:57. > :16:00.the intense criticism of his erratic response to white supremacist
:16:01. > :16:03.violence on treacherous reporters. These are really, really dishonest
:16:04. > :16:08.people and they are bad people. I really think they don't like our
:16:09. > :16:12.country. I really believe that. President Trump took his war with
:16:13. > :16:16.the media to a new level tonight, attacking journalists again and
:16:17. > :16:20.again. He clearly regards his best defence from criticism as a full
:16:21. > :16:28.throated attack on the messenger. But the audience were delighted, and
:16:29. > :16:30.they also loved his promise to secure the border with Mexico. The
:16:31. > :16:33.obstructionists Democrats would like as not to do it. Believe me, if we
:16:34. > :16:37.have to close down our government, we are building that wall. Designs
:16:38. > :16:41.for the wall are slowly taking shape. One idea, favoured in the
:16:42. > :16:45.interval by the President, is for it to be covered in solar panels. But
:16:46. > :16:48.it would only stretch for about a quarter of the frontier. The initial
:16:49. > :16:52.outlay would be huge and he would need Congress to approve the
:16:53. > :16:58.spending. It seems like the initial outlay will be quite high? We are
:16:59. > :17:07.using a number, it has gone up, but it is 7.5 billion. That is within
:17:08. > :17:16.their budget. To cover how much of a distance? 7.5 million per mile. Back
:17:17. > :17:20.in the border state of Arizona, the anger is frothing. After the rally,
:17:21. > :17:25.it bubbled over on the streets. Police, using tear gas to disperse a
:17:26. > :17:29.hard-core of protesters. The trouble didn't last long. The controversy
:17:30. > :17:35.surrounding the President, by contrast, goes on and on.
:17:36. > :17:42.Our top story this evening... The Government sets out its plans to
:17:43. > :17:44.leave the European Court of Justice and put British law first when we
:17:45. > :17:45.leave the EU. Birmingham's gang culture -
:17:46. > :17:48.police ban more than a dozen men from the city in a crackdown
:17:49. > :17:51.on guns and violence. Coming up in Sportsday on BBC News,
:17:52. > :17:54.it's the end of an era for England as record goal scorer
:17:55. > :17:56.Wayne Rooney retires from international football,
:17:57. > :17:59.despite being set for a recall. Rooney says it's the
:18:00. > :18:11.right time to bow out. We reported recently that learner
:18:12. > :18:13.drivers are to have lessons Now a road safety charity wants
:18:14. > :18:19.driving on rural roads to be made Figures, calculated per billion
:18:20. > :18:24.miles of each type of road show, that on rural roads,
:18:25. > :18:29.there were 943 deaths in 2015. That's compared to 577 on urban
:18:30. > :18:33.routes, and down to 96 deaths on motorways -
:18:34. > :18:35.that's about a tenth A word of warning,
:18:36. > :18:42.Claire Marshall's report starts with pictures of an accident
:18:43. > :18:46.which you might find upsetting. No-one in the incident,
:18:47. > :18:51.nor the animals, were badly hurt. Watch what can happen
:18:52. > :19:03.on a quiet rural road. Incredibly, the horses and riders
:19:04. > :19:07.have now fully recovered. It wasn't caught on camera,
:19:08. > :19:16.but her last horse was killed. She'd been riding with her son
:19:17. > :19:19.and a friend in a village Despite all wearing high
:19:20. > :19:23.visibility gear, a car slammed The early days were very
:19:24. > :19:36.difficult for everybody. It was a lot of flashbacks,
:19:37. > :19:42.a lot of fear, a lot of grieving. But, also, not knowing
:19:43. > :19:46.if I would ride again. I live in the countryside and I know
:19:47. > :19:50.that the roads get to the busy Now, a charity says all drivers
:19:51. > :19:58.should be made to learn 80% of young driver fatalities
:19:59. > :20:02.occurred on rural roads. That's why Brake's calling
:20:03. > :20:04.for a radical overhaul We took her out with
:20:05. > :20:15.a specialist instructor. What's going to happen if you see
:20:16. > :20:18.a tractor coming towards you? I definitely get mainly nervous that
:20:19. > :20:26.I'm not doing it right, because they all know the roads very
:20:27. > :20:29.well and they shoot round them. Just reassuring me that going slower
:20:30. > :20:42.so you don't crash is a good thing. The Department for Transport says
:20:43. > :20:47.our roads are some of the safest in the world. But farmers feel the
:20:48. > :20:48.driving test does need to be modernised.
:20:49. > :20:50.Agricultural machinery is getting bigger, roads aren't getting any
:20:51. > :20:52.wider and they're not building any more of them.
:20:53. > :20:55.So the issues that we're having every year, you're getting more
:20:56. > :21:00.The message is that for everyone's safety, including passengers,
:21:01. > :21:03.the challenges of rural driving need to be understood.
:21:04. > :21:05.Claire Marshall, BBC News, Leicestershire.
:21:06. > :21:07.Our less than impressive summer has led to some significant flooding
:21:08. > :21:12.Derry Airport in Northern Ireland was closed today and more than 100
:21:13. > :21:15.people had to be rescued from their homes after a heavy
:21:16. > :21:18.There's also been flooding in parts of England,
:21:19. > :21:31.The emergency services in Scarborough say they have struggled
:21:32. > :21:37.to cope with the flash floods. Looking at these pictures, it's not
:21:38. > :21:41.hard to see why. This is the town centre, the main street is more of a
:21:42. > :21:45.river. This is still peak holiday season, but for these unlucky
:21:46. > :21:49.campers and a litre at home to dry off is probably now on the cards. In
:21:50. > :21:55.England there have been reports of flooding in Leeds and York. This,
:21:56. > :22:00.the scene in Londonderry. An overnight storm has also caused
:22:01. > :22:02.flooding across Northern Ireland and the North West of Ireland. Several
:22:03. > :22:07.people are reported to have had a lucky escape when a main road
:22:08. > :22:11.collapsed, as did the local bridge, leaving some areas and accessible.
:22:12. > :22:14.Yesterday evening, there were 60 separate reports of flooding in
:22:15. > :22:19.Northern Ireland following heavy rain, with 120 people requiring
:22:20. > :22:23.rescue overnight. According to The Met Office, two thirds of August's
:22:24. > :22:26.total rainfall fell in just a few hours. The rain has now gone, but
:22:27. > :22:28.the clean-up will take time. Sarah Campbell, BBC News.
:22:29. > :22:31.Two rival gangs in Birmingham have been served with the largest ever
:22:32. > :22:34.injunction to stop them mixing with each other and banning them
:22:35. > :22:38.The gangs are thought to be involved in gun and drugs offences.
:22:39. > :22:40.18 men must register their phones and vehicles with police.
:22:41. > :22:42.But critics say it'll simply move problems elsewhere.
:22:43. > :22:46.Early morning and police in Birmingham are getting ready
:22:47. > :22:50.to issue several men with gang injunctions.
:22:51. > :22:53.The judge granted the final order on the 15th of July, I think it was,
:22:54. > :23:00.and we are just on our way to serve that order as we speak.
:23:01. > :23:03.For the next two years, the men won't be able to go
:23:04. > :23:06.to certain parts of the city, they won't be able to meet one
:23:07. > :23:12.another and they won't be allowed to post material online.
:23:13. > :23:15.Well, we are driving in Handsworth, one of the areas where the men
:23:16. > :23:19.And it's in what's called the exclusion zone.
:23:20. > :23:22.That stretches from the centre of the city to its outskirts.
:23:23. > :23:25.Here are the 18 men, 12 of whom are already in prison.
:23:26. > :23:27.They are all suspected of having links with two
:23:28. > :23:29.prominent Birmingham gangs, the Burger Bar Boys
:23:30. > :23:36.Back in 2003, two teenage girls, Letisha Shakespeare
:23:37. > :23:38.and Charlene Ellis, were the innocent victims
:23:39. > :23:43.They were killed by members of the Burger Bar Boys in a revenge
:23:44. > :23:50.My name's PC Evans. We're after Jerome.
:23:51. > :23:53.The injunctions come after a spate of gun and knife
:23:54. > :23:58.It enables police officers to challenge them if they're
:23:59. > :24:00.in particular areas where they're not allowed to be,
:24:01. > :24:05.If they're in company with people they are not allowed to be,
:24:06. > :24:08.it enables them to be challenged and taken back to court.
:24:09. > :24:10.It actually disrupts their lifestyle, and that's the one
:24:11. > :24:12.thing that they don't want to happen.
:24:13. > :24:16.But former gang members have told us injunctions don't work.
:24:17. > :24:20.I think it's very stupid, because if a gang person's
:24:21. > :24:24.from a certain area, you tell him now, you can't go
:24:25. > :24:29.to that area, what's stopping the person who he used to roll with,
:24:30. > :24:32.the friends he used to keep, from going to another area to meet
:24:33. > :24:37.So, in reality, all you're doing is making a problem there,
:24:38. > :24:41.and putting the same person in another area.
:24:42. > :24:43.But there is an argument that at least something is being done
:24:44. > :24:53.I would just say engage a little bit more brain and just think about it.
:24:54. > :24:59.If the injunctions are breached, the men could face time in jail.
:25:00. > :25:02.With very few of these orders issued, it is unclear how
:25:03. > :25:11.England's all-time top goal scorer Wayne Rooney is retiring
:25:12. > :25:17.Rooney appeared 119 times for England, scoring
:25:18. > :25:24.boyhood club Everton - is back to scoring form but he says
:25:25. > :25:40.He will go down as one of England's's greats. Rooney's shot!
:25:41. > :25:42.Fabulous! Today, Wayne Rooney resisted the temptation to prolong
:25:43. > :25:46.an international career that earned him a place in footballing history.
:25:47. > :25:58.In a statement that took the sport by surprise, he said...
:25:59. > :26:04.Already England's's youngest ever player, he was the team's star
:26:05. > :26:11.performer at his first major tournament. Rooney is the big
:26:12. > :26:15.discovery of Euro 2004. In an international career that spanned 14
:26:16. > :26:19.years and six managers, he became captain and record goal-scorer. This
:26:20. > :26:24.is how much it meant to him. A huge honour to myself and all my family,
:26:25. > :26:30.and my career. Hopefully for the team and myself, a lot more to come.
:26:31. > :26:34.For a player that won everything for Manchester United, injuries and ill
:26:35. > :26:38.discipline ensured that his England career was not without controversy
:26:39. > :26:45.and, at times, the frustration boiled over. Nice to see the home
:26:46. > :26:50.fans booing you! He said one of his few regrets in football was retiring
:26:51. > :26:53.having never been part of a successful England side at a major
:26:54. > :26:58.tournament, but he insists the time has come to put club before country
:26:59. > :27:06.and focus his energies on Edison here at Goodison. -- Everton. A
:27:07. > :27:11.return to form, and a recall beckoned, but the offer was rejected
:27:12. > :27:14.by a player that some believe deserves more credit. It's important
:27:15. > :27:18.to remember that the vast majority of his career, he has only really
:27:19. > :27:25.been the one England world-class player. It is a time when we have
:27:26. > :27:27.struggled, we have had bad sides in the last few competitions and
:27:28. > :27:33.haven't had enough world-class players alongside him. He was the
:27:34. > :27:36.last of England's feted but ultimately unfulfilled golden
:27:37. > :27:37.generation. But his records and commitment to the cause may never be
:27:38. > :27:41.matched. We saw that flooding earlier, let's
:27:42. > :27:54.get the latest on the weather. Some dramatic and in places
:27:55. > :27:57.disruptive weather. That was a picture from Scarborough. Something
:27:58. > :28:03.a little bit calmer in their wake, some sunny spells and karma is the
:28:04. > :28:06.story over the next few days. Some sunshine and showers, yes, but
:28:07. > :28:10.particularly in the south, not many showers. It will be largely dry. On
:28:11. > :28:13.the radar picture, this band of heavy downpours that pushed through
:28:14. > :28:16.early on. Most places have seen the back of that weather now, although
:28:17. > :28:22.some rain will hold on in the Northern Isles of Scotland as we go
:28:23. > :28:24.through this some showers beginning to feed in across Northern Ireland
:28:25. > :28:29.and western Scotland, some into north-west England. Further south,
:28:30. > :28:36.largely dry, the odd patch of mist, perhaps, and a cooler and fresher
:28:37. > :28:39.feel. That mixture of sunshine and showers, but depending on where you
:28:40. > :28:44.are you will see more showers in the north and not as many in the South.
:28:45. > :28:46.Southern parts should stay largely dry with spells of sunshine. A
:28:47. > :28:52.greater chance of showers across northern England, greater still
:28:53. > :28:57.across Northern Ireland and western Scotland, 18 in Glasgow, 22 in
:28:58. > :29:02.London. Fresher feeling, but not bad in the sunshine. Fresher conditions
:29:03. > :29:06.across Northern Ireland, some showers on the heavy side. Further
:29:07. > :29:10.south and east you are, dry and sunny. Although Glasgow and Belfast
:29:11. > :29:14.will only get to 17 degrees, it could be 21 in Cardiff, in the
:29:15. > :29:19.sunshine in the south-east, 24 degrees is possible. Through the
:29:20. > :29:23.weekend, any sunshine will feel pleasantly warm. One or two showers
:29:24. > :29:26.in the south-east on Saturday night. Further north, some dry weather,
:29:27. > :29:30.some showers.