:00:00. > 3:59:59That's it for now. Our next bulletin on BBC One will be at the
:00:00. > :00:18.earlier-than-usual time of Hello. I'm Jonathan Park.
:00:19. > :00:22.A blind woman has been left devastated after burglars broke into
:00:23. > :00:25.her home and stole one of hdr lifelines with the outside world.
:00:26. > :00:28.Georgina Rimmer has been blhnd since birth. She was alone in her flat in
:00:29. > :00:31.Peterborough when it was rahded The burglars stole all her electronic
:00:32. > :00:33.equipment. The haul included her ?3,500 Braille`operated computer
:00:34. > :00:39.which she depends upon. And which wasn't insured. I'm disgustdd.
:00:40. > :00:45.I don't know how to describd these people. I know they haven't got a
:00:46. > :00:49.conscience. Because if they had they would have seen the sttff was
:00:50. > :00:54.useless to them anyway. And just gone.
:00:55. > :00:57.Police have named a man who died in a house fire in Wellingborotgh.
:00:58. > :01:01.48`year`old Steven Chennell had been living rough in the town for several
:01:02. > :01:04.years. He died when fire tore through the house in Midland Road on
:01:05. > :01:07.Tuesday. A 36`year`old man has been released on police bail pending the
:01:08. > :01:12.results of forensic examinations of the scene.
:01:13. > :01:16.A man is due in court chargdd with the rape of a woman in Ipswhch. The
:01:17. > :01:19.28`year`old victim was attacked in Cromer Road off the town's Norwich
:01:20. > :01:22.Road on Monday night. 21`ye`r`old Mohammed Sarteb`Sabir from Hpswich
:01:23. > :01:25.is due before magistrates in Bury St Edmunds.
:01:26. > :01:29.In Rugby Union, Northampton are playing their LV Cup semifinal
:01:30. > :01:32.against Saracens right now. A couple of early Will Hooley penalthes gave
:01:33. > :01:50.Saints the advantage. But S`racens have scored the game's first try.
:01:51. > :01:53.This code is 7`6. It is just approaching half time. Saints are,
:01:54. > :01:56.of course, minus the England players who will play in the Six Nations
:01:57. > :02:00.crunch game against Wales tomorrow. We'll update you later on S`ints cup
:02:01. > :02:01.final hopes. Later on, Bedford host Plymouth in the Championship at
:02:02. > :02:04.Goldington Road. In the Premier League this
:02:05. > :02:07.afternoon, Norwich City welcome Stoke to Carrow Road. The C`naries
:02:08. > :02:11.could move seven points cle`r of the drop zone if they win. Therd are now
:02:12. > :02:14.just ten games left to stay in the top flight. The games are bdcoming
:02:15. > :02:18.bigger. Particularly the gales against the teams that are `round
:02:19. > :02:22.where we are in the league. But we know that. And this is the time of
:02:23. > :02:25.the season where, you know, you are looking at the quality you've got.
:02:26. > :02:29.You're looking at the character and resolution you have in the team And
:02:30. > :02:33.these are vital games and it's a vital part of the season.
:02:34. > :02:37.In the Championship, Ipswich travel to Middlesborough. The Blues still
:02:38. > :02:39.have play`off ambitions and could leapfrog Reading and Brighton with a
:02:40. > :02:49.win today. In League One, important cl`shes at
:02:50. > :02:52.the top and bottom. And in League Two, Southend will
:02:53. > :02:58.keep their play`off spot with victory at Morecambe. Strugglers
:02:59. > :03:01.Northampton are on the road at Scunthorpe.
:03:02. > :03:04.Corby hurdler William Sharm`n is through to Sunday's semifin`l in the
:03:05. > :03:14.60 meters hurdles at the World Athletics Championships in Poland.
:03:15. > :03:17.`` 60m hurdles. Sharman won his heat in a new personal best of 7.59secs.
:03:18. > :03:19.Elsewhere, St Neots high julper Robbie Grabarz failed to qu`lify for
:03:20. > :03:27.the final. Now for the weather. It's been a rather cloudy morning
:03:28. > :03:31.for most of us. But we've got some drier air pushing up from the south.
:03:32. > :03:34.This does mean that the clotd is going to disperse and we will see
:03:35. > :03:38.lovely long spells of sunshhne just about everywhere for the rest of the
:03:39. > :03:40.day. A fairly noticeable sottherly to southeasterly breeze. Th`t will
:03:41. > :03:43.make the coast slightly cooler than inland. We could see temper`tures
:03:44. > :03:47.perhaps 14, 15 Celsius, even 16 possible. And tomorrow is going to
:03:48. > :03:54.be even better. A clear and dry night to come. Tomorrow, drx and
:03:55. > :03:58.sunny. We could be looking `t temperatures perhaps as high as 17,
:03:59. > :04:00.18 Celsius and staying dry with some sunshine into next week.
:04:01. > :04:07.That's it. I'm back this afternoon at the
:04:08. > :04:15.Good afternoon. Our weekend forecast did include some sunshine and warmth
:04:16. > :04:19.but was never going to be wall-to-wall across the whole
:04:20. > :04:23.country. We started with a lot of mist and murk and cloud but you can
:04:24. > :04:26.see how, to the south, sunshine has been breaking through. More cloud
:04:27. > :04:31.further north and a weather front still producing some rain across the
:04:32. > :04:35.northern and western isles with some strong wind across parts of
:04:36. > :04:40.Scotland. A breezy afternoon for the rugby in Murrayfield but it should
:04:41. > :04:44.be dry if a little overcast. Drive in Northern Ireland through the
:04:45. > :04:50.afternoon. Some brighter spells started to develop across northern
:04:51. > :04:55.England but it's always further south where we got the best of
:04:56. > :04:59.sunshine. A bit breezy but 15 or 16 degrees in brighter spells, though
:05:00. > :05:03.cooler for the south coast with the wind coming straight in the English
:05:04. > :05:06.novel stop to the south-east, it stays dry through the night with
:05:07. > :05:09.clearer skies, but further north we keep the speed of cloud with patchy
:05:10. > :05:14.rain through Northern Ireland and Scotland. Not a cold night. We start
:05:15. > :05:18.Sunday morning with temperatures at seven or eight. A warmer start of
:05:19. > :05:19.the day