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fantastic, thank you so much. laura scott at the commonwealth games in birmingham. now fora scott at the commonwealth games in birmingham. now for a look at the weather and hello to chris. we were hearing about the hosepipe bans and no rain in the forecast for a long, long time in parts of the south of the uk. one of our weather watchers spotted this combine harvester bringing the crops in. and although there is a lot of dry weather, across the north of the uk we are seeing some shower cloud speed in. answering the big question, when is it going to rain? well, not for the next five d...

as parts of europe face a drought, the first in a series of hosepipe bans is due to come into force across the south of england to try and tackle water shortages. the american conspiracy theorist alexjones has been ordered to pay more than $4 million in damages after losing a defamation case for falsely claiming the sandy hook shooting was a hoax. hello, and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. in the uk, the governor of the bank of england has defended the decision to raise interest rates, saying there's a "real risk" of soaring prices becoming "embedded". yeste...

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Frustration and patience, which i'm not good at, so i'm learning. but i'd love to go up on their toady on dutch podium, it'll be tough. meanwhile, some superb running from england's cindy sember has seen her secure her place in the final of the women's 100 metres hurdles. with a time of 12.67 seconds, she got the better of jamaica's danielle williams. megan marrs of northern ireland finishes fourth in 13.37 seconds. and in the women's long jump qualifying, england's jazmin sawyers here and lorraine ugen both made the automatic qualifying standard, while abigail irozuru also made the top 12 and...

>> 13.37. >> reporter: in 2007 just before the economy tanked, about 3500 soldiers joined the army with bachelor's and master's degrees. by last year, well over 6,000 were signing up. the air force and navy have seen increases too. >> the average recruit is 24 years old. >> reporter: and that, recruiters say, is making the military smarter. >> they come into the army with more experience, hands-on practice on some of the technology that we're using that a high school would. >> reporter: sounds good, except when you compare the u.s. to china. their defense minister says more than 100,000 colleg...