:00:08. > :00:12.This is BBC World News Today with me, Zeinab Badawi.
:00:12. > :00:15.Europe's debt crisis hits the euro- zone's third biggest economy. The
:00:15. > :00:20.Italian Senate votes for an austerity budget to stave off an
:00:20. > :00:26.international financial bailout. And how credit-worthy is the United
:00:26. > :00:29.States? It faces a possible downgrade over its public debt.
:00:29. > :00:38.Facing the music. Rupert Murdoch and his son James agree to appear
:00:38. > :00:43.before a parliamentary committee on the phone-hacking scandal. At you
:00:43. > :00:46.cannot hide away from this level of public anguish and anger and
:00:47. > :00:49.interest. We venture into Syria and speak to
:00:49. > :00:52.the Syrian soldiers who refuse to open fire on unarmed civilians.
:00:52. > :00:54.And why theatre-goers in Britain won't be left wriggling
:00:54. > :01:04.uncomfortably in their seats anymore, as many theatres get a
:01:04. > :01:09.
:01:09. > :01:12.Hello and welcome. The Italian Senate has approved an emergency
:01:12. > :01:18.austerity budget worth almost 50 billion, in an effort to prevent
:01:18. > :01:20.the European debt crisis from engulfing the country. The cuts are
:01:20. > :01:25.being rushed through after financial markets began speculating
:01:25. > :01:29.that Italy was facing difficulties servicing its large debts. The
:01:29. > :01:32.lower House of Parliament is due to vote on the issue on Friday, and is
:01:32. > :01:42.also expected to approve the measures to try to balance the
:01:42. > :01:43.
:01:43. > :01:46.budget. Richard Galpin reports. Italian senators arrived at
:01:46. > :01:51.Parliament knowing that their country could now be drawn into the
:01:51. > :01:55.crisis affecting the euro-zone. Today, they came to debate the
:01:56. > :02:03.government's plan to reduce the huge amount of public debt the
:02:03. > :02:09.country has accumulated. In total, Italy owes 1.6 trillion Euros. This
:02:09. > :02:15.makes it the most indebted country in Europe. It has more outstanding
:02:15. > :02:19.bonds than Greece, Ireland and Portugal put together. And now, the
:02:19. > :02:24.borrowing costs are going up sharply. As investors get
:02:24. > :02:27.increasingly nervous about the stability of the economy. No
:02:28. > :02:37.surprise then, that in the Senate today, desperate appeals from
:02:38. > :02:42.
:02:42. > :02:48.ministers. No one writes about it like this without wanting the
:02:48. > :02:52.common good, without balancing the books, the public debt, and the
:02:52. > :02:59.fear that the past will devour our future. The country is watching us.
:02:59. > :03:04.They are looking at the government, and the opposition he differ but
:03:04. > :03:11.are not divided. These appeals work. With a clear majority of senators
:03:11. > :03:16.voting in favour of the austerity measures. These measures aim to
:03:16. > :03:21.save 47 billion euros over the next four years. By cutting Minister's
:03:21. > :03:26.pay and expenses, extending recumbent -- current hiring freeze
:03:26. > :03:34.in the public sector and Gatting -- cracking down on tax exemptions.
:03:34. > :03:39.But almost all of these cuts will only be implemented in 2013 and
:03:39. > :03:43.2014, by which time there will be a new government. Unfortunately it
:03:43. > :03:47.seems to me that the political system is not prepared to face
:03:47. > :03:52.these kinds of situations. And the tendency of politicians is usually
:03:52. > :03:58.to look at the short term when it comes to benefits, or benefiting
:03:58. > :04:01.their own gains. And unfortunately, there is a lack of vision.
:04:01. > :04:07.despite this, the markets have responded positively to the Senate
:04:07. > :04:11.vote, and to the news that today, the government managed to raise
:04:11. > :04:15.another 5 billion euros by selling more bonds. On Friday, the people
:04:15. > :04:20.of Italy will see if the lower house of parliament also bodes
:04:20. > :04:24.through the austerity measures. Everyone here is aware that the
:04:25. > :04:31.Italian economy, Europe's third- largest, could bring down the
:04:31. > :04:34.entire -- entire euro-zone if it also needs a bail-out.
:04:34. > :04:38.And in the US, the world's biggest economy is also saddled with a big
:04:38. > :04:40.debt. And the politicians can't agree what to do about it.
:04:40. > :04:44.President Obama has been urging a change in the country's debt
:04:44. > :04:47.ceiling in meetings with congressional leaders. If there's
:04:47. > :04:50.no agreement, the credit ratings agency Moody's has said there's a
:04:50. > :04:55.small but increasing risk that the US government will default on its
:04:55. > :05:05.debt. The gulf between the Republicans and Democrats over
:05:05. > :05:15.
:05:15. > :05:19.The President continues to insist on raising taxes, and they are just
:05:19. > :05:24.not serious enough about fundamental entitlement reform to
:05:24. > :05:30.solve the problem for the near two intermediate future. I want to get
:05:30. > :05:39.there, I want to do what I do think is in the best interest of the
:05:39. > :05:43.country. But it takes two to tango, and they are not there yet.
:05:43. > :05:46.need for the United States to take action so that it fulfils its
:05:47. > :05:53.obligations and pays its debts, as it has in the entirety of its
:05:53. > :05:59.existence, is not a democratic problem, it is not a Republican
:05:59. > :06:05.problem. It is an American problem. Clearly if we went so far as to
:06:05. > :06:11.default on the debt, it would be a major crisis. Because the Treasury
:06:11. > :06:15.security is viewed as the safest security in the world. It is this
:06:15. > :06:19.have -- basis of most of our financial system. And the notion
:06:19. > :06:25.that it would become suddenly unreliable would throw shockwaves
:06:25. > :06:31.through the global financial system. I think we all know that our
:06:31. > :06:35.leadership has concocted a scheme where at the folk on the other side
:06:35. > :06:40.of the Isle can allow the debt ceiling to increase, and continue
:06:40. > :06:46.to appeal to their constituencies for the election. I look back at
:06:46. > :06:49.the week's discussions about how to solve the debt crisis. To get an
:06:49. > :06:52.overall picture of the debt crisis hitting countries like the US and
:06:52. > :06:59.Italy, we're joined now by Douglas Elliot, a former investment banker
:06:59. > :07:03.with JP Morgan and now with the Brookings Institution.
:07:03. > :07:09.Is it fanciful to talk about the United States possibly defaulting
:07:09. > :07:14.on its debt, or is this just politics, or is there a real risk?
:07:14. > :07:18.Sadly it is not fanciful. There is a real risk. If we do, it will be
:07:18. > :07:23.for a short period. But it is very important that does not happen at
:07:23. > :07:28.all. As one of the previous speaker is said, the markets rely on this
:07:28. > :07:33.being the bond that always pays. That always does what it had
:07:33. > :07:37.promised to do. What is the likelihood then? Housing could be
:07:37. > :07:43.Democrats and the Republicans actually come up with some sort of
:07:43. > :07:47.action plan? I personally think that it will happen very close to
:07:47. > :07:52.3rd August, the date that has been set as the last minute. Just
:07:52. > :07:56.because that is the way things work in Workington. But I do think there
:07:56. > :07:59.is a high probability the right thing will get done. You may be
:07:59. > :08:04.familiar with the Winston Churchill quote to the effect that America
:08:04. > :08:08.always does the right thing, after trying everything else? What is the
:08:08. > :08:14.right thing? The Republicans says Ben less, the Democrats say they
:08:14. > :08:18.have to look at taxes... The key here is that we do not default.
:08:18. > :08:24.There is time for us to work through the budget differences. I
:08:24. > :08:30.think it was a mistake in the first place to make this the a date which
:08:30. > :08:35.we had to try to reach agreement by. We have time for a normal process.
:08:35. > :08:40.Let us not make anyone worry we will not pay our bills. Turning To
:08:40. > :08:47.Italy, they have approved the austerity measure. But the impact
:08:47. > :08:51.is not until 2013 -- 2013. It is still a big step forward. The good
:08:51. > :08:53.news is that it is a wealthy countries. The reason that people
:08:54. > :08:59.are worried about it is a combination of the fact that it has
:08:59. > :09:04.a lot of dead, and that its political system works badly. --
:09:04. > :09:07.debt. But I think they will pull together. The opposition is
:09:07. > :09:12.supporting the Budget, as we saw their. They will do what they have
:09:12. > :09:15.to. Thank you for joining us. At first Rupert Murdoch declined
:09:15. > :09:18.going before a parliamentary committee looking into the phone-
:09:18. > :09:21.hacking allegations. But by the end of the day he changed his mind, and
:09:21. > :09:24.said that he and his son James will now answer questions from Members
:09:24. > :09:28.of Parliament. One of his senior executives, Rebekah Brooks, had
:09:28. > :09:31.already agreed today to appear before the committee next week.
:09:31. > :09:35.She's a former editor of the News of the World, the newspaper that
:09:35. > :09:44.has been at the centre of the storm. James Landale has been following
:09:44. > :09:48.the day's developments. Parliament has already cost them
:09:48. > :09:52.the News of the World and BSkyB. Now it wants to hold Rebekah Brooks
:09:52. > :09:56.and the Murdochs to account. To answer the questions that MPs and
:09:56. > :10:02.the public want asked about just why so many people's bones were
:10:02. > :10:07.hacked in the name of news. It was a summons they could not ignore a.
:10:07. > :10:15.My message to Rebekah Brooks and G Rupert Murdoch is to do the decent
:10:15. > :10:21.thing. You cannot hide away from this level of public anguish, and
:10:21. > :10:24.anger, and indeed interest. first, Rupert Murdoch and James
:10:24. > :10:31.Murdoch were reluctant. In a letter this morning, he told them he could
:10:31. > :10:35.not attend. However, I am fully prepared to give evidence to the
:10:35. > :10:39.forthcoming inquiry. His son James has said he could not make it
:10:39. > :10:44.either. But I would be pleased to give evidence to your Committee on
:10:44. > :10:49.the 10th or 11th August. Rebekah Brooks said she would be available
:10:49. > :10:53.to appear before the committee, and welcome the opportunity to do so.
:10:53. > :10:57.But she said she would not be able to discuss anything they related to
:10:57. > :11:02.the ongoing police investigation. Here in Westminster, the talk was
:11:02. > :11:06.of a formal summons. A fine, even imprisonment in the bowels of
:11:06. > :11:10.Parliament. Within hours, it appeared that the threat had worked.
:11:10. > :11:20.They changed their minds and said they would now, and answer the
:11:20. > :11:25.
:11:25. > :11:32.questions. These are just some of As for Rebekah Brooks, she will be
:11:32. > :11:35.asked about what she told MPs the last time. We have paid the MP --
:11:36. > :11:40.the police for information in the past... I hope that the committee
:11:40. > :11:45.will want to hear the trees. We want to get to the facts. This is
:11:45. > :11:50.not about a lynch mob or an opportunity to throw abuse. This is
:11:50. > :11:57.about hearing what exactly has been happening. The lawyer representing
:11:57. > :12:05.the family of Milly Dowler had his doubts. They will be sceptical
:12:05. > :12:10.about anything, that they will hear the three monkeys. They will say
:12:10. > :12:16.that they have not heard of any of it, and that nobody was speaking
:12:16. > :12:21.about it. One man who could not evade a summons was Neil Wallis,
:12:21. > :12:28.Andy Coulson's former Deputy, he was arrested and bailed over
:12:28. > :12:33.allegations of phone hacking. It emerged that he had been doing PR
:12:33. > :12:36.work for Scotland Yard. Once again, MPs have got them on the backs that.
:12:37. > :12:41.And the scene is set for an extraordinary confrontation between
:12:41. > :12:46.the power of the media and the power of Parliament. For once, the
:12:47. > :12:48.word historic is not a cliche. Now a look at some of the day's
:12:49. > :12:50.other news. The Indian government has put its
:12:51. > :12:54.cities on high alert after Wednesday's simultaneous triple
:12:55. > :12:57.bomb blasts in the business capital Mumbai.
:12:57. > :13:00.Mourners gathered at the city's burial grounds and crematoriums on
:13:00. > :13:04.Thursday for the last rites of their loved ones, a day after the
:13:04. > :13:07.bombings in India's financial capital killed at least 17 people.
:13:07. > :13:09.It was the country's worst strike since the 2008 Siege of Mumbai,
:13:09. > :13:12.which killed 166 people. The newly-independent state of
:13:12. > :13:15.South Sudan has been welcomed into the United Nations at a session in
:13:15. > :13:18.New York. The UN Secretary General, Ban ki-Moon, called it an important
:13:18. > :13:21.milestone for the new state. South Sudan declared its independence on
:13:21. > :13:24.Saturday after decades of civil war. BBC reporter Urunboy Usmonov has
:13:24. > :13:30.been released on bail after being held in detention in Tajikistan for
:13:30. > :13:34.a month. He was detained on charges of having links with a banned
:13:34. > :13:39.Islamic party. Mr Usmonov is at home with family, but he's required
:13:39. > :13:42.to stay in the country while the legal process continues.
:13:42. > :13:48.An unfinished early Jane Austen manuscript has been sold at auction
:13:48. > :13:53.for more than $1.5 million. Sotheby's say the draft for The
:13:53. > :14:03.Watsons is the earliest surviving manuscript for a novel by Austen.
:14:03. > :14:04.
:14:04. > :14:07.It was probably written in 1804. In Afghanistan, a memorial service
:14:07. > :14:10.for President Karzai's brother has been the target of a suicide attack.
:14:10. > :14:14.Five people were killed in the blast at a mosque in the southern
:14:14. > :14:17.city of Kandahar. It comes on the same day the UN released a report
:14:17. > :14:20.on the dramatic rise in civilian deaths in Afghanistan. Nearly 1500
:14:20. > :14:25.civilians lost their lives in the crossfire of the battle between
:14:25. > :14:35.Taliban insurgents and Afghan, US and NATO forces. From Kabul, Sanjoy
:14:35. > :14:37.
:14:37. > :14:41.Majumder reports. Another deadly attack, and -- at
:14:41. > :14:48.the heart of Kandahar. Top officials were attending a prayer
:14:48. > :14:54.service for the President's half brother. They were quickly whisked
:14:54. > :14:59.away, elite police unit secured the area. Among the dead, an
:14:59. > :15:03.influential cleric, a man opposed to the Taliban. The bomber may well
:15:03. > :15:08.have been targeted at the elite gathering. But like so many other
:15:08. > :15:14.attacks, the brunt of it was born by ordinary people. But more people
:15:14. > :15:18.are also dying from NATO air strikes. Late on Wednesday, six
:15:18. > :15:23.villagers died in this raid. During an operation to flush out
:15:23. > :15:30.insurgents from near the Pakistan border. Among the victims, women
:15:30. > :15:35.and children. It has led to a wave of anger among Afghans. Protests
:15:35. > :15:41.have taken place pressing for the withdrawal of Western forces. That
:15:41. > :15:45.is about to happen. But some are wondering at what cost? Starting
:15:45. > :15:49.next week and over the next few months, thousands of NATO troops
:15:49. > :15:53.will begin at withdrawal from Afghanistan. They will hand over
:15:53. > :15:57.security to local forces. Already, questions are being raised about
:15:57. > :16:07.whether they are ready to take on the role, especially after these
:16:07. > :16:07.
:16:07. > :16:09.I have been talking to her -- to Staffan de Mistura, the Special
:16:09. > :16:13.Representative and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission
:16:13. > :16:17.in Afghanistan, and I asked him how damaged the reputation of Karzai
:16:17. > :16:22.and his family is as a result of the current situation.
:16:22. > :16:28.It is damaging in the sense that Kandahar is a crucial place, an
:16:28. > :16:34.iconic place, but also it is damaging to whoever did this attack.
:16:34. > :16:43.They have been doing it in a mosque during a religious ceremony, in a
:16:43. > :16:51.sacred place for Islam. From that point of view, from Mike -- in my
:16:51. > :16:56.opinion, it damages the people who did the attack more. There are
:16:56. > :17:00.reports that President Karzai has installed another brother to
:17:00. > :17:04.oversee his interests in Kandahar. Is the international community
:17:04. > :17:11.perhaps backing the wrong horse here? Shouldn't you be trying to
:17:11. > :17:14.make more contact with Taliban members in Kandahar? There is no
:17:14. > :17:19.question that Kandahar is a critical place for not only
:17:19. > :17:25.contacts with the Taliban but certainly with the community of the
:17:25. > :17:30.Pashtuns, who have been feeling disenfranchised to a large degree
:17:30. > :17:35.and to a certain degree this has contributed to their support for
:17:35. > :17:38.the Taliban. That is why Kandahar is so iconic, not only because that
:17:38. > :17:43.is where the Taliban started but because it may be the place where
:17:43. > :17:48.we start to have a discussion with the Taliban. Can you do that at the
:17:48. > :17:55.same time as backing President Karzai's attempts to fill the power
:17:55. > :17:59.back -- power vacuum by putting another brother in? We are in
:17:59. > :18:08.Afghanistan. In Afghanistan you taught and you shoot at the same
:18:08. > :18:18.time, these days. -- you talk. You need to have interlocutor ofs who
:18:18. > :18:20.
:18:20. > :18:25.have sufficient power to talk. Into loquiturs. This is a terribly
:18:25. > :18:31.delicate period when the two elements coincide. And we will see
:18:31. > :18:34.more of this, I'm afraid. Spring and summer will be very rough.
:18:34. > :18:38.spike in civilian deaths in Afghanistan compared to last year
:18:38. > :18:47.would suggest that it is very hard for you to talk about progress
:18:47. > :18:52.being made in the fight against the Taliban. 1462 civilians speak for
:18:52. > :19:01.themselves. The Afghan civilians have been a highest victims of this
:19:01. > :19:05.long conflict. We have been telling the Taliban just today, look, the
:19:05. > :19:13.type of minds you are using, pressure mines, anybody can step on
:19:13. > :19:18.them. Everybody except military is stepping on them. That is why we
:19:18. > :19:22.have so many civilian casualties, so you, the Taliban, are
:19:22. > :19:28.accountable to 80 % of the casualties. Can't you add least
:19:28. > :19:38.stop that element as a sign to the population? That is the message we
:19:38. > :19:39.
:19:39. > :19:44.give to them. There has been sufficient reason to be worried
:19:44. > :19:48.about their own casualties during air attacks. The conclusion - there
:19:48. > :19:53.is a need for just now to avoid civilian casualties. If we want to
:19:53. > :20:00.get to what we hope is a proper dialogue.
:20:00. > :20:03.That was the UN spectrum -- special representative in Afghanistan. To
:20:03. > :20:07.Syria, and there are reports from the east of the country that two
:20:07. > :20:17.people have been killed in continuing demonstrations against
:20:17. > :20:17.
:20:17. > :20:21.the rule of President Assad. 1400 civilians and 15 hunt -- 1500
:20:21. > :20:26.security personnel have been killed in the country. Foreign journalists
:20:26. > :20:30.are unable to journey freely in the country but our correspondent has
:20:30. > :20:38.crossed into Syria from the Turkish border town of Guvecci.
:20:38. > :20:46.This is the only way to report freely in President Assad's Syria.
:20:46. > :20:52.Taking the smugglers' route through the mountain. Everybody treads
:20:52. > :21:01.carefully to avoid the Border Guard. The patrol passes and we are told
:21:01. > :21:06.to run. Since this conflict began, the
:21:06. > :21:11.Syrian regime has tried to control what the world sees and hears. We
:21:11. > :21:15.have come to find out what it is like.
:21:15. > :21:21.We are now travelling on the Syrian side of the border. As you can see,
:21:21. > :21:31.we are keeping a pretty low profile, we are actually in the back of a
:21:31. > :21:33.
:21:33. > :21:36.farm ats -- Farm a's truck. -- farmer's. The security forces have
:21:36. > :21:42.tried to crush anti-government protests here, forcing more people
:21:42. > :21:48.to leave their towns and villages. We are taken to a camp in the woods.
:21:48. > :21:54.It is not much but it is home. Thousands of families have been
:21:54. > :21:59.forced into hiding. And they treat strangers with caution. Some have
:21:59. > :22:03.been here for months. They all have a story to tell and it is
:22:03. > :22:08.remarkable how similar they are. Terrorised by government attacks,
:22:08. > :22:12.living in fear of a light -- late night village from the regime's
:22:12. > :22:18.thugs. What has life been like here for
:22:18. > :22:22.his wife, his children? TRANSLATION: The Syrian army and
:22:22. > :22:26.secret police move around in the trees and check upon the people.
:22:26. > :22:30.They want to plant weapons on people and accuse them of being
:22:30. > :22:35.criminals. They damaged our house is. This is why nobody will return
:22:35. > :22:40.to their homes. The Syrian army keeps a watchful
:22:40. > :22:45.eye through the hills. Unlike Egypt and Tunisia, they have taken sides
:22:45. > :22:50.with the regime. Now, read testimony of what that means. Some
:22:50. > :22:55.beer is a soul -- soldier from Damascus who deserted after being
:22:56. > :23:03.given an order he would not follow. -- Samir. He was told to shoot
:23:03. > :23:07.unarmed protesters. Just look at this rare demonstration in Damascus.
:23:07. > :23:13.The BBC has been given this footage, which shows what happens to those
:23:13. > :23:20.who protest. We can't verify this but it appears that regime thugs
:23:20. > :23:23.threatened and beat those who want change. This is now a youth but --
:23:23. > :23:30.a fight for their future and in a country which is a fragile mix of
:23:30. > :23:36.race and religion it is a battle for the shape -- the future of this
:23:36. > :23:39.region. It will be a long, bloody struggle for their future.
:23:39. > :23:44.Reporting their from inside Syria on the ongoing troubles in the
:23:44. > :23:47.country. On a lighter note, theatregoers in
:23:47. > :23:52.the UK will know that often seats can be pretty uncomfortable. In
:23:52. > :23:58.fact, they have barely changed for a century in some cases. Now one of
:23:58. > :24:05.Britain's biggest theatre groups is replacing all 40,000 of its seats
:24:05. > :24:09.with ones that they say will stop people fidgeting from discomfort.
:24:09. > :24:14.David Sillito went to try them out. They were built to be palaces of
:24:14. > :24:21.pleasure but many of Britain's ageing theatres have never been
:24:21. > :24:26.entirely comfortable, as a theatre critic Mark Shenton knows.
:24:26. > :24:35.The width is very poor. I am a big guy but that should not be fit -- a
:24:35. > :24:40.deterrent. The legroom is a shocking. And backache? I had a
:24:40. > :24:47.major operation on my back just before Christmas. I would love to
:24:47. > :24:51.say it was caused by these seats. I am sure it has not helped.
:24:51. > :24:56.The endless search for a comfortable position is caused, it
:24:56. > :25:02.is claimed, by the fact that most of the seats slump and do not allow
:25:02. > :25:06.the spine to take the weight. There is a limit to how far you
:25:06. > :25:11.will let your head drops so you will move and look for a bone to
:25:11. > :25:16.take the weight. This is the new seat. It keeps you
:25:16. > :25:26.bolt upright, which, it is claimed, will stop fidgeting and sleepiness.
:25:26. > :25:28.
:25:28. > :25:32.Bass slumped spine goes up. -- A slumped spine.
:25:32. > :25:35.I can already feel an improvement. Whether or not I will fill this in
:25:35. > :25:42.10 minutes' time is another question but it is definitely an
:25:42. > :25:45.improvement on what we we had upstairs.
:25:45. > :25:48.But the wit is still only 17 inches. When certain train companies
:25:48. > :25:58.recently adopted that narrower width, some commuters were not
:25:58. > :25:58.
:25:59. > :26:03.pleased. His there based -- perfect seat for the modern bottom? -- is
:26:03. > :26:07.there a perfect. Here at the Design Museum they take sitting very
:26:07. > :26:12.seriously, with a collection of dozens of solutions for taking the
:26:12. > :26:22.weight of your feet. When it comes to wit, there auditorium seats give
:26:22. > :26:30.you 23 inches. -- and width. Any small and I might be
:26:30. > :26:33.uncomfortable. A lot of designers considered the ultimate product if
:26:33. > :26:38.they can design something really perfect.
:26:38. > :26:44.The new shape may reduce fidgeting but, with profit demanding they fit
:26:44. > :26:50.the same space, elbow room is still very Victorian.
:26:50. > :27:00.I can vouch for the studio seats here. They are very comfortable. No
:27:00. > :27:03.
:27:03. > :27:09.fidgeting from me. From me, as Those parts of East Anglia that saw
:27:09. > :27:15.rain today will have a drier, warmer day today -- tomorrow, but
:27:15. > :27:19.elsewhere there will be thicker cloud and outbreaks of rain. This
:27:19. > :27:23.weather front will be a big player for the weekend, rain, showers and
:27:23. > :27:28.strong winds. Friday is the transition day, we introduce
:27:28. > :27:38.thicker cloud and mostly light rain into western parts of the UK.
:27:38. > :27:44.Holding on to sunshine the most in the east of England. Norwich has 24
:27:44. > :27:48.degrees, compared to 15 degrees today. Further west, there will be
:27:48. > :27:53.a freshening south-westerly wind and temperatures will be lower
:27:53. > :27:58.compared to today. 18 degrees in Plymouth, and there will be
:27:58. > :28:01.outbreaks of mostly light rain working into England and Wales and
:28:01. > :28:06.Northern Ireland for most of the day. It will tend to come and go
:28:07. > :28:12.but it will be fairly grey and dismal. Brain edging further