:00:00. > :00:11.That's all from us. Now, time for the news where you are.
:00:12. > :00:15.A Bristol businessman accused of ordering the murder of his wife
:00:16. > :00:18.while they were on honeymoon has been found fit to stand trial
:00:19. > :00:25.Shrien Dewani has always denied having his new bride Ani killed,
:00:26. > :00:30.He was extradited from Britain to South Africa in April and
:00:31. > :00:38.It's been a long time coming but finally the trial of
:00:39. > :00:42.Shrien Dewani will begin in just under two months' time.
:00:43. > :00:46.He was first arrested a month after Ani's death in 2010.
:00:47. > :00:49.She'd been shot in the neck in the taxi they'd hired in
:00:50. > :00:56.But it took another three years for the 35`year`old to be extradited.
:00:57. > :01:00.He was diagnosed as suffering severe depression and was hospitalised
:01:01. > :01:06.Today at the Western Cape Court, a panel of three psychiatrists
:01:07. > :01:09.ruled that he is no longer suffering from a mental illness,
:01:10. > :01:15.The experts had been assessing him for a month at this psychiatric
:01:16. > :01:21.In their report they looked at Shrien Dewani's mental state
:01:22. > :01:27.They said a week after Ani's funeral he began suffering flashbacks
:01:28. > :01:32.He also took an overdose of pain killers to help him sleep.
:01:33. > :01:35.During the following three years, he became increasingly sensitive
:01:36. > :01:40.to noise ` so much so that he had to go and live in a campervan.
:01:41. > :01:42.Since travelling to South Africa the panel found
:01:43. > :01:47.his mental state had improved and he was often affable and articulate.
:01:48. > :01:50.He was also able to follow a demanding daily routine and hold
:01:51. > :01:55.The panel were also impressed with what they described as his
:01:56. > :02:00.The findings were given outside the court.
:02:01. > :02:04.The court has made a finding that the accused, Mr Dewani, is fit
:02:05. > :02:11.The issues around his mental health have been resolved.
:02:12. > :02:15.Therefore the state is now in a position to proceed with this
:02:16. > :02:20.I have appointed a legal team to take this further.
:02:21. > :02:24.There will be a pre`trial hearing on the 9th of September.
:02:25. > :02:28.A month later the trial itself will begin, on October 6th ` it's due to
:02:29. > :02:35.Ani Dewani's whole family was in court today to hear the judgement.
:02:36. > :02:43.They welcomed today's ruling as "a huge step in the right direction".
:02:44. > :02:46.In other news, a 33`year`old man has died while helping set up a
:02:47. > :02:50.The accident, which involved a fork`lift truck,
:02:51. > :02:53.happened at Sallygrove Farm near Nailsworth yesterday lunchtime.
:02:54. > :02:56.The Surround Festival has now been cancelled.
:02:57. > :02:58.In a statement, organisers said they were working closely with
:02:59. > :03:04.the authorities, and that all ticket holders would be refunded.
:03:05. > :03:07.The owners of a recycling plant in Swindon which caught fire a
:03:08. > :03:10.month ago have been told they have until tomorrow lunchtime to start
:03:11. > :03:15.Thousands of tonnes of waste at Averies needs to be moved to
:03:16. > :03:19.give fire`fighters space to get to the root of the fire and an
:03:20. > :03:31.enforcement notice was served last night by the Environment Agency.
:03:32. > :03:38.The operator has until tomorrow lunch time to remove the waste. If
:03:39. > :03:41.they don't do that, Hills will come in. They are an alternative
:03:42. > :03:44.registered operator in the area. They will plan that removal of the
:03:45. > :03:48.waste with the Fire Brigade. A man
:03:49. > :03:50.from Wiltshire has welcomed a new research project using psychedelic
:03:51. > :03:52.drugs to treat mental illnesses. David De Saxxe from Marlborough was
:03:53. > :03:55.given LSD by doctors in Now he's supporting a new trial
:03:56. > :04:01.using mind altering drugs. Here's our
:04:02. > :04:04.Health Correspondent Matthew Hill. David De Saxxe may have looked happy
:04:05. > :04:07.in these photos, but deep So in 1968, after a series of failed
:04:08. > :04:15.relationships, he sought private He believes his problems stemmed
:04:16. > :04:19.from his childhood, He says he only realised this
:04:20. > :04:23.through being prescribed LSD. My subconscious was saying to me,
:04:24. > :04:26.you can't marry her, because you I thought I had to stand
:04:27. > :04:30.in my father's shoes, in the sense that I was totally
:04:31. > :04:34.responsible for her emotionally. Mr De Saxxe went to see a
:04:35. > :04:42.psychiatrist called Dr Peter Dally. He was a leading figure
:04:43. > :04:46.in his field. You are certainly looking different
:04:47. > :04:50.to what you were looking Psychiatrists
:04:51. > :04:56.like him had far more clinical freedom to use hallucinatory drugs
:04:57. > :05:02.like LSD in an experimental way. When I had the more powerful toes
:05:03. > :05:06.and it was a dose that the therapist told me that was
:05:07. > :05:10.stronger that he he had ever given to anyone else, I think I needed
:05:11. > :05:14.to be strapped down and he called But I wasn't getting violent
:05:15. > :05:20.or anything like that. David thought
:05:21. > :05:23.the treatment saved his life. But shortly after David's treatment
:05:24. > :05:26.the use of mind altering drugs There were publicised reports
:05:27. > :05:33.of people using it recreationally and governments in the US
:05:34. > :05:38.particularly but also in the UK were concerned about this counterculture
:05:39. > :05:42.population were developing Doctor Williams is now involved
:05:43. > :05:48.in a new research project using A group of volunteers who are taking
:05:49. > :05:53.psilocybin ` a drug derived from the active
:05:54. > :05:57.ingredient of magic mushrooms. They have already demonstrated that
:05:58. > :06:00.psilocybin switches off a part of the brain
:06:01. > :06:02.which is normally overactive Now happily married, David De Saxxe
:06:03. > :06:26.hopes the new trial will be Newsnight is starting on BBC Two.
:06:27. > :06:35.That's it. More news on the BBC website and/or your local BBC radio
:06:36. > :06:43.stations. Now the `` and your local BBC stations. Now the weather.
:06:44. > :06:50.Saturday looks like a dry day, a little bit breezy in the afternoon.
:06:51. > :06:55.Sunday, rain in the morning then bright and breezy in the afternoon.
:06:56. > :07:01.We have had showers this afternoon which are dying away. Into tomorrow,
:07:02. > :07:08.some hazy sunshine in the morning. Progressively, that cloud tends to
:07:09. > :07:14.thicken and becomes more expensive in this distribution. There may be
:07:15. > :07:21.light rain. It will effectively be a dry day if slightly breezy. The
:07:22. > :07:26.brighter spells, temperatures getting up. For Sunday morning, a
:07:27. > :07:30.lots more cloud which will bring outbreaks of rain. They were clear
:07:31. > :07:33.way to bring a brighter afternoon. It will be cooler next week. Here is
:07:34. > :07:36.the National look at the summary, as you can see
:07:37. > :07:39.- it is largely dry, but definitely fresher.
:07:40. > :07:46.Good evening. This weekend's forecast may be far from a summer
:07:47. > :07:51.classic, with a strengthening breeze. At least it is not a
:07:52. > :07:57.washout. For many, there'll be decent and dry spells to get out and
:07:58. > :08:00.enjoy. Most are dry. We have a few heavy showers, drifting
:08:01. > :08:05.south-eastwards. A few showers into the north-west of the UK. For the
:08:06. > :08:10.vast majority it is a dry night, with lengthy clear spells. More
:08:11. > :08:16.cloud later. Temperatures 11-13 Celsius. In the suburbs and the
:08:17. > :08:21.countryside down to single digits. A cool start to Saturday morning.
:08:22. > :08:24.Cloud from the north-west of Scotland, with outbreaks of rain,
:08:25. > :08:28.will work southwards. Into the afternoon it will be across southern
:08:29. > :08:32.Scotland and the far north of England. You can expect more cloud
:08:33. > :08:38.over the rest of England and Wales. All in all, a decent day. Few
:08:39. > :08:41.showers for many of you. In the sunshine it should feel warm. 18-23
:08:42. > :08:42.Celsius is possible.