0:00:04 > 0:00:07One of the Prime Minister's closest political allies, Damian Green,
0:00:07 > 0:00:09strongly denies fresh allegations he looked at pornography
0:00:09 > 0:00:12on his office computer.
0:00:12 > 0:00:14A retired detective, who says he analysed the computer
0:00:14 > 0:00:16in a separate investigation nine years ago, claims
0:00:16 > 0:00:21there were thousands of pornographic images on it.
0:00:21 > 0:00:22There was a lot of them.
0:00:22 > 0:00:29I was surprised to see that on a Parliamentary computer.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31I've maintained all along, I still maintain, it is the truth,
0:00:31 > 0:00:34that I didn't download or look at pornography on my computer.
0:00:34 > 0:00:36But obviously while the investigation is going on I can't
0:00:36 > 0:00:41say any more at the moment.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43We'll be asking what it could all mean for the
0:00:43 > 0:00:44Prime Minister's Deputy.
0:00:44 > 0:00:46Also tonight:
0:00:46 > 0:00:48The investigation in to alleged Russian meddling.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50President Trump's former national security advisor Michael Flynn
0:00:50 > 0:00:56pleads guilty to lying to the FBI.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58Posted on Facebook, how this photo taken 50 years ago has just
0:00:58 > 0:01:05landed this man in prison for murdering his baby stepson.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08Gearing up for a summer of World Cup football as Maradona hands England
0:01:08 > 0:01:14a comfortable draw for Russia 2018.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16And hundreds turn out in Nottingham to see Prince Harry
0:01:16 > 0:01:19and Meghan Markle on the first public engagement together.
0:01:21 > 0:01:22Coming up later on FA Cup Sportsday,
0:01:22 > 0:01:25we will be coming from here at AFC Fylde for the second
0:01:25 > 0:01:29round of the FA Cup.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55Theresa May's deputy, Damian Green, the First Secretary of State,
0:01:55 > 0:01:57is under renewed pressure tonight, after claims that he accessed
0:01:57 > 0:01:59pornography on his Commons computer.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01A retired detective says he found thousands of pornographic images
0:02:01 > 0:02:05on a computer in Mr Green's office nine years ago, and that it was
0:02:05 > 0:02:09"ridiculous" to suggest that anyone else could be responsible.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12Mr Green has again insisted that the allegations are false.
0:02:12 > 0:02:18Danny Shaw has this exclusive report.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24He's Theresa May's oldest and most trusted political ally,
0:02:24 > 0:02:26now battling for Cabinet survival over claims he watched pornography
0:02:26 > 0:02:27on his work computer.
0:02:27 > 0:02:34Can I ask you to leave?
0:02:34 > 0:02:37The allegations, which he denies, centre on computers seized in this
0:02:37 > 0:02:39police raid over leaked documents from the Home Office.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42Now, a detective involved in the enquiry has given his account
0:02:42 > 0:02:46of what he discovered.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49Neil Lewis spent 25 years in the Metropolitan Police before
0:02:49 > 0:02:50retiring due to ill health.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53He has multiple sclerosis.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55In 2008, was given the task of examining
0:02:55 > 0:02:59Damian Green's work computer.
0:02:59 > 0:03:05The shocking thing was that as I was viewing, I noticed a lot
0:03:05 > 0:03:14of pornography thumbnails, which indicated web browsing.
0:03:14 > 0:03:15But a lot.
0:03:15 > 0:03:19There was a lot of them.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21How many images did you see on that?
0:03:21 > 0:03:22Thousands.
0:03:22 > 0:03:23Thousands of pornographic images?
0:03:23 > 0:03:26Thumbnail images.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28This is the one note that you kept.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31Neil Lewis still has his notebook from the time, detailing
0:03:31 > 0:03:34what he saw on the computer.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36There is a reference to briefing officers about pornography.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39He claims two other detectives also saw the material.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42It was legal and not extreme, he said.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45Similar images were also seen on a laptop, he claimed.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47How can you be sure that it was Damian Green
0:03:47 > 0:03:51who was accessing that pornography?
0:03:51 > 0:03:55There's a sort of phrase, "You can't put fingers on the keyboard".
0:03:55 > 0:03:57So I can't say that.
0:03:57 > 0:04:02But the computer was in Mr Green's office,
0:04:02 > 0:04:06on his desk, logged in, his account, his name.
0:04:06 > 0:04:15In between browsing pornography, he was sending e-mails from his
0:04:15 > 0:04:18account, his personal account.
0:04:18 > 0:04:23Reading documents, writing documents.
0:04:23 > 0:04:28And it was just impossible.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30It was sort of exclusive and extensive, that it was
0:04:30 > 0:04:37ridiculous to suggest that anybody else could have done it.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39Outside his home in Kent today, Damian Green
0:04:39 > 0:04:43protested his innocence.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45A Cabinet Office enquiry has been examining his conduct.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48Mr Green...
0:04:48 > 0:04:51I've said that I'm not commenting any further
0:04:51 > 0:04:54while the investigation is going on.
0:04:54 > 0:04:58I've maintained all along, I still maintain, it is the truth,
0:04:58 > 0:05:01that I didn't download or look at pornography on my computer.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04But obviously while the investigation is going on I can't
0:05:04 > 0:05:07say any more at the moment.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09One of Mr Green's colleagues in Parliament rallied
0:05:09 > 0:05:10to his defence, saying the detective's
0:05:10 > 0:05:13account didn't add up.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15The pattern of behaviour he describes seems to me entirely
0:05:15 > 0:05:20inconsistent with the normal pattern of behaviour of an MP in Parliament.
0:05:20 > 0:05:24We simply do not have hours to sit in front of our computers
0:05:24 > 0:05:30and browse leisure websites, of whatever variety.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32Did you look at pornography at all?
0:05:32 > 0:05:36There are now questions about how apparently confidential information
0:05:36 > 0:05:39about Damian Green's computers was made public.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42Scotland Yard is looking into it.
0:05:42 > 0:05:46Danny Shaw, BBC News.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49John Pienaar is at Westminster for us tonight.
0:05:49 > 0:05:56What's your assessment of where this goes next?
0:05:56 > 0:06:00There is an enormous amount riding on the outcome of this drama, not
0:06:00 > 0:06:05simply the future of Damian Green. Tonight, he is adding nothing to the
0:06:05 > 0:06:09denial of not viewing pornography. But his political friends are
0:06:09 > 0:06:14rallying round, some of them accusing Neil Lewis of breaching
0:06:14 > 0:06:17operational confidentiality. David Davis, Brexit secretary, I am told
0:06:17 > 0:06:21has warned the Prime Minister not to sack Damian Green on the say-so of
0:06:21 > 0:06:25former officers who he believes are out to get Damian Green. Why?
0:06:25 > 0:06:32Because, Mr Green's friends say, the police raid backfired on the police,
0:06:32 > 0:06:40they were criticised and this is about revenge. One of David Davis'
0:06:40 > 0:06:42friends said he might contemplate resigning in support of Damian Green
0:06:42 > 0:06:49if he has to. We await the outcome of that report. For Theresa May it
0:06:49 > 0:06:52is a difficult time indeed. She may have to choose soon whether she
0:06:52 > 0:06:56needs to lose a very close ally at a difficult political time, difficult
0:06:56 > 0:07:01because of a host of issues including Brexit. When do we learn?
0:07:01 > 0:07:07I am told we could have the answers to those questions in a few days,
0:07:07 > 0:07:09perhaps early next week.
0:07:09 > 0:07:10One of President Trump's closest confidants,
0:07:10 > 0:07:12his former national security advisor Michael Flynn,
0:07:12 > 0:07:17has pleaded guilty to lying to FBI agents as part of the investigation
0:07:17 > 0:07:19into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 Presidential election.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22Mr Flynn is the most senior former official to be charged
0:07:22 > 0:07:25in the investigation so far.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27But the White House says the guilty plea doesn't implicate
0:07:27 > 0:07:28anyone else except him.
0:07:28 > 0:07:37From Washington, here's our correspondent Aleem Maqbool.
0:07:37 > 0:07:42It has sent political shock waves through Washington. General Michael
0:07:42 > 0:07:46Flynn, Donald Trump's former national Security adviser turned
0:07:46 > 0:07:50himself into the FBI, and to a judge admitted lying about his contacts
0:07:50 > 0:07:51with Russian officials.
0:08:08 > 0:08:15General Michael Flynn!Michael Flynn developed a close relationship with
0:08:15 > 0:08:20Donald Trump during the election campaign, at one point talked of as
0:08:20 > 0:08:26a potential vice President.A truly great general. I thank you.At the
0:08:26 > 0:08:31Republican National Convention, he famously led chancing for Hillary
0:08:31 > 0:08:36Clinton to be imprisoned.Lock her up!All the focus is on the mistake
0:08:36 > 0:08:40Michael Flynn made up -- after Donald Trump's win at the polls,
0:08:40 > 0:08:44when Barack Obama was still in office and had imposed sanctions on
0:08:44 > 0:08:48Russia for interfering with the US election. On the 29th of December,
0:08:48 > 0:08:51Michael Flynn spoke to the Russian ambassador on the phone in the first
0:08:51 > 0:08:57of a series of calls. On the 15th of January, Vice President Mike Pence
0:08:57 > 0:09:02said sanctions were not discussed by Michael Flynn in those calls. Only
0:09:02 > 0:09:05after the 9th of February when a newspaper revealed general Flynn did
0:09:05 > 0:09:09discuss sanctions when he was not organised to do so did pressure
0:09:09 > 0:09:13increase and Michael Flynn lost his job. Michael Flynn then became one
0:09:13 > 0:09:19of those investigated by the special counsel into Russia's attempts to
0:09:19 > 0:09:23influence the election and the potential collusion with the Trump
0:09:23 > 0:09:28campaign. This is unquestionably the biggest moment of the Russia
0:09:28 > 0:09:32investigation. Michael Flynn is the most senior member of Donald Trump's
0:09:32 > 0:09:36team to be indicted, and is accused of lying to FBI agents while still
0:09:36 > 0:09:40serving the White House. Most importantly, we now believe Michael
0:09:40 > 0:09:43Flynn will testify that he was directed to talk to the Russian
0:09:43 > 0:09:49ambassador when he was not supposed to by a senior official in Donald
0:09:49 > 0:09:53Trump's transition team, bringing this investigation ever closer to
0:09:53 > 0:09:56the President himself. Aleem Maqbool, Washington.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58A 71-year-old man has been jailed for murdering his toddler stepson
0:09:58 > 0:09:59almost 50 years ago.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01David Dearlove swung the one-year-old child
0:10:01 > 0:10:04by his ankles and hit his head on a fireplace in 1968.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06For decades Dearlove lied about what had happened.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08But then a photo posted on Facebook led to the investigation being
0:10:08 > 0:10:15reopened, as Danny Savage explains.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18This picture triggered a murder trial.
0:10:18 > 0:10:22It shows a man called David Dearlove with his stepson, Paul Booth.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24When this image was posted on Facebook, Paul's now adult
0:10:24 > 0:10:27brother went to police, telling them Dearlove had murdered
0:10:27 > 0:10:33the toddler and he had witnessed it.
0:10:33 > 0:10:37The 21-year-old Dearlove in the photo is now 71.
0:10:37 > 0:10:42Almost 50 years later, he was today convicted of murder.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44Back in the late 1960s, he lived with the boys' mother
0:10:44 > 0:10:47in this house in Stockton.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50On the night he killed his stepson in the living room, he claimed
0:10:50 > 0:10:52the boy's injuries were accidental, but his three-year-old brother,
0:10:52 > 0:10:56Peter, saw what really happened.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59He'd crept downstairs for a drink, and through a gap in the living room
0:10:59 > 0:11:02door saw Dearlove swinging Paul violently by the ankles
0:11:02 > 0:11:04and cracking his head against the fireplace,
0:11:04 > 0:11:09causing fatal injuries.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11Nearly half a century later, what Peter Booth saw just
0:11:11 > 0:11:17before his fourth birthday has convicted his stepfather of murder.
0:11:17 > 0:11:22Dearlove said Paul had received the injuries by falling out of bed.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24Had he fallen out of bed and fractured his skull,
0:11:24 > 0:11:27that would have resulted in a straight line fracture.
0:11:27 > 0:11:31In this case we had a fracture that was a Z shape and crossed two
0:11:31 > 0:11:34places in the skull, and that wasn't consistent with him
0:11:34 > 0:11:38having simply fallen and hit his head against an object
0:11:38 > 0:11:41such as a hard floor.
0:11:41 > 0:11:45A lot of the lines of enquiry we are used to in this day and age,
0:11:45 > 0:11:46digital enquiries, phone works, forensics, stuff like
0:11:46 > 0:11:47that didn't exist.
0:11:47 > 0:11:51We didn't have a body in this case, we didn't have a scene,
0:11:51 > 0:11:53a lot of the witnesses were dead, so it was quite challenging.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56Paul Booth's brother and sister had to relive childhood ordeals
0:11:56 > 0:11:58and trauma to get justice for him.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01The judge said Dearlove made the children's lives a misery,
0:12:01 > 0:12:04and jailed him for a minimum of 13 years.
0:12:04 > 0:12:10Danny Savage, BBC News, Teesside.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13A review of radiology services in the NHS in England has been
0:12:13 > 0:12:16ordered, after inspectors found that some patients suffered "significant
0:12:16 > 0:12:19harm" because of problems processing x-rays at a hospital in Portsmouth.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21The Care Quality Commission discovered that 20,000 x-rays
0:12:21 > 0:12:26at Queen Alexandra Hospital hadn't been reviewed properly,
0:12:26 > 0:12:30and that meant in some cases that abnormalities weren't picked up.
0:12:30 > 0:12:36Hugh Pym has the story.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39It was a member of the public who first raised concerns,
0:12:39 > 0:12:41and inspectors discovered a backlog of 23,000 chest x-rays which hadn't
0:12:41 > 0:12:45been reviewed by a radiologist.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47In some cases, junior doctors without the right
0:12:47 > 0:12:50training had done the job.
0:12:50 > 0:12:55Three lung cancer patients had suffered significant harm.
0:12:55 > 0:12:56Sincere and unreserved apology.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58And that apology is to the patients themselves,
0:12:58 > 0:13:01to their family and their carers.
0:13:01 > 0:13:05I want to give an absolute assurance that we are doing everything we can
0:13:05 > 0:13:07to address the scale of the backlog that we have.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10The Care Quality Commission has told the Portsmouth Hospitals Trust
0:13:10 > 0:13:14to take urgent action to check all the x-rays.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16It's also started a national review of radiology at hospitals
0:13:16 > 0:13:19in other trusts in England, and called for details of backlogs
0:13:19 > 0:13:25and any delays reporting results of x-rays and scans.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27Every hospital is having to manage that risk effectively,
0:13:27 > 0:13:30and what we are trying to do is find out which hospitals are doing really
0:13:30 > 0:13:33well, so that everyone can learn from hospitals that are doing
0:13:33 > 0:13:35it really well.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37Medical scanning technology is developing rapidly.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40It's more complex and precise.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43In many cases it's central to patient diagnosis and care.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45Understandably, patients want access to the best there is available,
0:13:45 > 0:13:48but that's increased the workload for the radiologists,
0:13:48 > 0:13:55who helped to interpret the scans.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58The pressures are illustrated by figures showing that demand
0:13:58 > 0:14:02for complex scans in England is rising at 10% per year,
0:14:02 > 0:14:07whereas the number of radiologists is growing by just 3% a year.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09We know there's an awful lot of stress on departments
0:14:09 > 0:14:12and on the individuals working in those departments,
0:14:12 > 0:14:16and they are all working over and above their contracted rates
0:14:16 > 0:14:21in order to try and clear some of this workload.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23Some people contacted us today to report concerns
0:14:23 > 0:14:26about x-rays and scans.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29The Department of Health said it welcomed the new investigation
0:14:29 > 0:14:32in England to ensure people got high quality assessments and timely care.
0:14:32 > 0:14:42Hugh Pym, BBC News.
0:14:44 > 0:14:50Our top story: Damian Green denies looking at or
0:14:50 > 0:14:54downloading pornography after a retired detective claims he found
0:14:54 > 0:14:56thousands of images on a work computer.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59And still to come, did Meghan Markle sparkle on her first public
0:14:59 > 0:15:05engagement in Nottingham?
0:15:05 > 0:15:10She seems full of life and down-to-earth.I think she is
0:15:10 > 0:15:17wonderful. I watched interviews and I she is great.
0:15:17 > 0:15:24In Sportsday, less than 12 hours from the first Test in Ashes
0:15:24 > 0:15:27history, and what most think is the best opportunity for victory against
0:15:27 > 0:15:27Australia.
0:15:34 > 0:15:38In just over six months' time, 32 national teams will be battling
0:15:38 > 0:15:41it out in 11 Russian cities, all competing for one trophy -
0:15:41 > 0:15:43the 2018 football World Cup.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47Today, the all important draw was made at the Kremlin in Moscow.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50So did England manage to avoid the likes of Brazil and Germany?
0:15:50 > 0:15:56Let's cross live to our Sports Editor Dan Roan.
0:15:56 > 0:16:00There were real dangers lurking here inside the Kremlin for England this
0:16:00 > 0:16:04evening. In the past, these occasions have been very cruel, and
0:16:04 > 0:16:09the likes of Germany, Argentina, Brazil and France were all lying in
0:16:09 > 0:16:13wait. But in a favourable draw, all were avoided and England can look
0:16:13 > 0:16:17forward to the summer with a degree of confidence. This report contains
0:16:17 > 0:16:20some flash photography.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22It was the day Russia invited the great and good football
0:16:22 > 0:16:23inside its seat of power.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26The Kremlin playing host to some of the legends who have graced
0:16:26 > 0:16:28the sport's showpiece event.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31A first World Cup in Russia has become a matter of personal pride
0:16:31 > 0:16:33and political importance to Vladimir Putin.
0:16:33 > 0:16:34The President himself taking the opportunity
0:16:34 > 0:16:40to kick off proceedings.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43A colourful celebration of Russian culture providing the now
0:16:43 > 0:16:50traditional pre-draw entertainment.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52As England's manager, Gareth Southgate prepared
0:16:52 > 0:16:55to learn his team's fate, there were plenty of familiar faces
0:16:55 > 0:16:58from which to gain confidence.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01World Cup winner Gordan Banks leading out a stellar cast list
0:17:01 > 0:17:03of draw assistants before Gary Lineker, Golden Boot winner
0:17:03 > 0:17:06in 1986, and more recently an outspoken critic of tournament
0:17:06 > 0:17:09organisers Fifa, was introduced in his role as Master of ceremonies.
0:17:09 > 0:17:14I think I'd prefer to take a penalty in the World Cup final
0:17:14 > 0:17:17than actually organise this draw, but I will do my best.
0:17:17 > 0:17:21With the draw finally underway, it fell to Diego Maradona,
0:17:21 > 0:17:23no stranger to breaking England's hearts, to reveal that they
0:17:23 > 0:17:24would be in Group G.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26England.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28That meant that from the top-ranked seeds,
0:17:28 > 0:17:30Belgium lie in wait - a squad packed with
0:17:30 > 0:17:31Premier League talent.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33The manager giving little away.
0:17:33 > 0:17:44As the draw progressed, the rest of the group emerged, along
0:17:44 > 0:17:46perhaps with a sense of relief.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49Tunisia, beaten by England in their opening match of France 98.
0:17:49 > 0:17:50And Panama, playing in their first World Cup.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53Both opponents England would have taken before the draw.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56So what did the manager think of the hand his team had been dealt?
0:17:56 > 0:17:59We have been good at writing teams off and then getting beaten
0:17:59 > 0:18:00by them, haven't we?
0:18:00 > 0:18:02So we have to make sure that we are prepared
0:18:02 > 0:18:03for all those games.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06It's fantastically exciting now to be here for the draw
0:18:06 > 0:18:07with every other coach.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09It's been a great experience, and I'm really looking forward
0:18:09 > 0:18:11to getting on with it now.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13England are out of the European Championship.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15England's humiliating defeat to Iceland in last year's Euros
0:18:15 > 0:18:18serves as a warning that no one should be taken for granted.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21However, as they look ahead to next summer's campaign,
0:18:21 > 0:18:24deep down they and their fans know today's Russian roulette
0:18:24 > 0:18:30could have been far tougher.
0:18:30 > 0:18:34For England fans, the draw means some pretty long journeys to some
0:18:34 > 0:18:38places they may not have heard of before.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41Our correspondents Sarah Rainsford and Steve Rosenberg have been
0:18:41 > 0:18:44to check out the host cities.
0:18:46 > 0:18:53This is Mother Russia.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55Determined, defiant, urging her people to rise up
0:18:55 > 0:18:57and crush the enemy.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59Volgograd used to be called Stalingrad, and the Battle
0:18:59 > 0:19:02of Stalingrad, in which nearly 2 million people were killed,
0:19:02 > 0:19:05still haunts this place.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08But today, the focus is on football.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11And from up here there is a wonderful view of the stadium
0:19:11 > 0:19:13they are building for the World Cup.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16And here's a closer look at it.
0:19:16 > 0:19:20I've already mentioned how the war still casts a shadow over this city.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23When they started building this stadium, they found 300
0:19:23 > 0:19:26unexploded bombs here, and the remains of two soldiers.
0:19:35 > 0:19:39In communist times, I wouldn't have been allowed into Nizhny Novgorod -
0:19:39 > 0:19:40this city was closed to foreigners.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43Not any more, of course.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45For football fans coming here, there's plenty to see.
0:19:45 > 0:19:49This place has even got its own Kremlin.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52Well, they're not quite ready for kick-off here.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55The Nizhny Novgorod football stadium is still under construction.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58The whole thing has been designed to look a little bit
0:19:58 > 0:20:00like the Volga River, just across the way.
0:20:00 > 0:20:04They assure me hear that everything will be ready on time.
0:20:04 > 0:20:09And there will be entertainment off the pitch, too.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12Here at the Nizhny Novgorod circus they are putting together a special
0:20:12 > 0:20:14series of shows for the World Cup, and for visiting fans.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17Russia may not be the favourites in the football, but they certainly
0:20:17 > 0:20:20look like champions in the big top.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30In some spots like this, Kaliningrad looks distinctly European.
0:20:30 > 0:20:34But this is Russian territory.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37It's a sliver of the former Soviet Union that is now
0:20:37 > 0:20:38surrounded by the EU.
0:20:38 > 0:20:47And this is the westernmost point for the World Cup.
0:20:47 > 0:20:51If England fans do have a ticket to a match here, then the good news
0:20:51 > 0:20:53is, it's going to be pretty easy to get to.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55Because Kaliningrad is just a short drive across the border
0:20:55 > 0:20:57from Poland or from Lithuania.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59And the ground itself is pretty close to the city centre.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02And it seems there will be a warm welcome for fans, too,
0:21:02 > 0:21:05because the mayor here recently instructed all locals to be nice
0:21:05 > 0:21:07to the visitors and not to hit them.
0:21:07 > 0:21:08If there's one thing the Kaliningrad Coast
0:21:08 > 0:21:11is known for, it's amber.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13There are vast reserves of the precious stone
0:21:13 > 0:21:15here by the Baltic Sea.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18Occasionally, after a storm, the waves will throw chunks of amber
0:21:18 > 0:21:22right onto the beaches.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25It's worth a small fortune, so maybe an extra bonus for some
0:21:25 > 0:21:34of the football fans, or perhaps a consolation prize.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37Sarah Raynsford reporting there. Such has been England's
0:21:37 > 0:21:40disappointing performances at major tournaments in recent years, in
0:21:40 > 0:21:44truth they can take limited comfort from the draw. It's important to
0:21:44 > 0:21:48remember they are not even favourites. That tag belongs to
0:21:48 > 0:21:51Belgium. Nevertheless, if they win the group, their possible route
0:21:51 > 0:21:56would be Colombia in the next round, then Brazil, France, and the final
0:21:56 > 0:22:01in Moscow. But let's not get carried away!
0:22:01 > 0:22:04Almost 700 jobs are to go at NatWest and Royal Bank of Scotland
0:22:04 > 0:22:06after it was announced that 259 banches are to close.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09RBS - which owns both banks - says they're closing the branches
0:22:09 > 0:22:12because nowadays so many more of us are banking on our computers
0:22:12 > 0:22:13and mobile phones.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16Our personal finance correspondent Simon Gompertz is in south London
0:22:16 > 0:22:18at one branch which is expected to be shut.
0:22:18 > 0:22:25Simon.
0:22:25 > 0:22:29This is the biggest programme of branch closures that RBS has ever
0:22:29 > 0:22:33undertaken. It's already been closing hundreds this year. So at
0:22:33 > 0:22:38the end of this process the number of branches will have halved to
0:22:38 > 0:22:46around 750/3 years. It's a big bank, it is mostly owned by the tax payer
0:22:46 > 0:22:50after it was rescued in a financial crisis. It's made up of both NatWest
0:22:50 > 0:22:58and RBS. To give you a breakdown, 197 of the closures are NatWests in
0:22:58 > 0:23:02England and Wales, including this one in Stockwell in London. 62 Royal
0:23:02 > 0:23:08Bank of Scotlands. In some Scottish villages local people are
0:23:08 > 0:23:11complaining that they don't know where they will do their banking. It
0:23:11 > 0:23:18takes the total number of UK prank branches -- bank branches to less
0:23:18 > 0:23:26than 8000. It still dropping. RBS will tell you it's because of the
0:23:26 > 0:23:31mobile phone, thousands of people every minute logging on that way.
0:23:31 > 0:23:35The typical customer goes into a branch every three months. Plenty of
0:23:35 > 0:23:39people still like to go into a branch. They will be the ones
0:23:39 > 0:23:43particularly worried by today's announcement.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45Prince Harry and his fiancee Meghan Markle have carried
0:23:45 > 0:23:48out their first official public engagement since they announced
0:23:48 > 0:23:49they were getting married earlier this week.
0:23:49 > 0:23:53The couple were greeted by crowds of wellwishers in Nottingham
0:23:53 > 0:23:56as they visited a World Aids Day charity fair and then met local
0:23:56 > 0:23:58teachers and children at a school nearby.
0:23:58 > 0:24:03From Nottingham, here's our Royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06As an actress, she's been used to a public stage.
0:24:06 > 0:24:11She's accustomed to meeting crowds and dealing with fans.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14Little surprise, then, that Meghan Markle handled her first
0:24:14 > 0:24:16official public appearance in her new role with
0:24:16 > 0:24:19considerable confidence.
0:24:19 > 0:24:23Husband-to-be was on hand, solicitous and supportive,
0:24:23 > 0:24:26with a lot of eye contact between them and supportive arms
0:24:26 > 0:24:29going around each other's backs.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31At times they met the crowds together, but then Meghan
0:24:31 > 0:24:33branched off on her own, stopping and taking
0:24:33 > 0:24:37time with people.
0:24:37 > 0:24:42While Harry did the same thing on his side of the street.
0:24:42 > 0:24:47Moments later they were reunited, the queue for more back-rubbing.
0:24:47 > 0:24:52This clearly is a team effort and the new recruit seems a natural.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55She will do hundreds and hundreds of events like this
0:24:55 > 0:24:58in the years to come, but she will remember this one,
0:24:58 > 0:25:00her first official encounter with the British public.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03And the verdict on her performance?
0:25:03 > 0:25:04I think she's great.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07A good addition to the royal family.
0:25:07 > 0:25:08Definitely. Yeah.
0:25:08 > 0:25:09An American.
0:25:09 > 0:25:11Go, mixed kids!
0:25:11 > 0:25:14Yeah, mixed kids in the royal family now.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17It was just fabulous and we're just so excited that they've come
0:25:17 > 0:25:20to Nottingham for their first public appearance and we're very excited
0:25:20 > 0:25:22about the wedding in May.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25The couple heard about the work of the Terrence Higgins Trust,
0:25:25 > 0:25:28the charity which has worked for years to help people
0:25:28 > 0:25:31suffering from HIV-AIDS.
0:25:31 > 0:25:33It's a cause Harry, now with Meghan, wants to take forward
0:25:33 > 0:25:38in tribute to his late mother.
0:25:38 > 0:25:42At a local college, they heard about the effort to help young
0:25:42 > 0:25:44people keep out of trouble, serious issues to which Harry,
0:25:44 > 0:25:47through a charitable trust, is devoting serious attention.
0:25:47 > 0:25:51But for all that, there was no doubt who sparkled the most today -
0:25:51 > 0:25:55the woman with the diamond.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57I saw her ring and the diamond is massive!
0:25:57 > 0:26:01It's absolutely gorgeous.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03Just knowing that you're sitting near Meghan and Prince Harry,
0:26:03 > 0:26:07it's jaw-dropping, it's really nice.
0:26:07 > 0:26:08A glittering future, then?
0:26:08 > 0:26:15It certainly seems to augur well.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17Nicholas Witchell, BBC News, Nottingham.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19Time for a look at the weather.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22Here's Tomasz Schafernaker.
0:26:22 > 0:26:24It's very cold today, will it last?
0:26:27 > 0:26:31No, the current cold snap is coming to an end, temperatures will rise
0:26:31 > 0:26:34but the cold weather could be back next week. Over the next few days we
0:26:34 > 0:26:39start with some lovely weather watcher pictures, sunshine in
0:26:39 > 0:26:44Yorkshire, a beautiful sunset in Cumbria. And one more from
0:26:44 > 0:26:49Liverpool. Beautiful skies. Alto Cumulus clouds being illuminated by
0:26:49 > 0:26:53the setting sun. It will turn milder, a slow process and it will
0:26:53 > 0:26:58be Sunday before we feel milder air coming in. In the short term, for
0:26:58 > 0:27:03the rest of today and into tonight, a northerly jet stream and pretty
0:27:03 > 0:27:08cold air sitting on top of us. But all this milder air, relatively
0:27:08 > 0:27:12speaking, heading our direction. There will be a change in the wind
0:27:12 > 0:27:16direction, from the northerly we have had the last few days to more
0:27:16 > 0:27:25of a westerly, coming straight from the ocean. And when that wind comes
0:27:25 > 0:27:27straight of the ocean, it brings more moisture and cloud so things
0:27:27 > 0:27:30turn more damp and cloudy over the next few days. Two or three degrees
0:27:30 > 0:27:36in the morning, so still cold. The cold air washing away to the east.
0:27:36 > 0:27:40The relatively milder air, yellow and blue is relative temperatures,
0:27:40 > 0:27:45not absolute one. It will not be that warm at all. After a chilly
0:27:45 > 0:27:48morning on Saturday, temperatures in still areas will be struggling. We
0:27:48 > 0:27:56are only talking a high of 6 degrees across Yorkshire. Cloud around with
0:27:56 > 0:28:01spots of rain across western and northern areas. On Sunday, the
0:28:01 > 0:28:05milder air has reached us and temperatures will get up to double
0:28:05 > 0:28:07figures in the south, maybe even double figures across northern parts
0:28:07 > 0:28:13of England. Monday and Tuesday, eight or 9 degrees. Partly cloudy
0:28:13 > 0:28:15skies and by the end of the week it looks