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Good afternoon. Pro-Russian activists are holding a referendum | :00:20. | :00:23. | |
on independence in two areas of Eastern Ukraine. The vote has been | :00:24. | :00:27. | |
condemned as illegal by Western leaders and the Ukrainian | :00:28. | :00:30. | |
government. Russia's President Putin has also called for it to be | :00:31. | :00:33. | |
postponed. Our correspondent, Sarah Rainsford, is live in Donetsk for us | :00:34. | :00:47. | |
now. Yes, you are joining me at school number 17, one of the polling | :00:48. | :00:52. | |
stations in this vote that has been taking place here. It is a little | :00:53. | :00:55. | |
quiet just now because it is lunchtime but we have seen a steady | :00:56. | :00:58. | |
stream of people turning out to have what they say is a vote on their | :00:59. | :01:02. | |
future and the status of this region, voting for independence of | :01:03. | :01:06. | |
this region of eastern Ukraine. On the surface of it, at least, it does | :01:07. | :01:10. | |
look roughly like a normal election. Their ballot papers, | :01:11. | :01:14. | |
ballot boxes and secret polling booths. But this is very much | :01:15. | :01:25. | |
organised by the activists and they are the ones who will be counting | :01:26. | :01:28. | |
the votes at the end. It looks like the vote is a foregone conclusion. | :01:29. | :01:31. | |
Certainly looking into the boxes, it didn't look like there were many | :01:32. | :01:38. | |
votes out side of the region. David Cameron has again insisted | :01:39. | :01:41. | |
he'll stage a referendum on Britain's membership of the European | :01:42. | :01:45. | |
Union. The Prime Minister told the BBC he could absolutely give a | :01:46. | :01:48. | |
cast-iron guarantee that the vote would go ahead in 2017 if he is | :01:49. | :01:53. | |
returned to Number Ten. Later this month voters go to the polls for the | :01:54. | :01:56. | |
European elections. Here's our political correspondent, Alex | :01:57. | :01:59. | |
Forsyth. The Prime Minister and his deputy, | :02:00. | :02:04. | |
together in government but the leaders of very different parties | :02:05. | :02:07. | |
when it comes to Europe. And with elections looming, they are keen to | :02:08. | :02:10. | |
reiterate their positions on elections looming, they are keen to | :02:11. | :02:14. | |
Britain's future in the EU. Nick Clegg has firmly positioned himself | :02:15. | :02:18. | |
with the leader of the party of in. There is a really big fault line now | :02:19. | :02:22. | |
on whether you are in or out. We could have a whole other debate | :02:23. | :02:25. | |
about how you reform Europe and what is wrong and right with it and how | :02:26. | :02:29. | |
you improve it. It is a rather fundamental debate. It is like | :02:30. | :02:31. | |
Scotland in the United Kingdom. I fundamental debate. It is like | :02:32. | :02:35. | |
don't think there's any point beating about the bush on that one. | :02:36. | :02:37. | |
For David Cameron, it is more, conjugated. With backbench | :02:38. | :02:43. | |
Eurosceptics by at his heels, conjugated. With backbench | :02:44. | :02:49. | |
says he is offering people a choice. -- it is more complicated. | :02:50. | :02:54. | |
They are looking for more regulation of benefits and British control over | :02:55. | :02:59. | |
justice. Not, some say, an easy task. We have the referendum whether | :03:00. | :03:04. | |
or not I have successfully negotiated. I believe I will be | :03:05. | :03:08. | |
successful and for a couple of very good reasons. First of all, others | :03:09. | :03:12. | |
in Europe need change to the European Union. The eurozone and the | :03:13. | :03:15. | |
currency needs change because it needs a banking union and more | :03:16. | :03:20. | |
fiscal union. And so we were perfectly legitimate to ask for our | :03:21. | :03:22. | |
changes. He is not convinced perfectly legitimate to ask for our | :03:23. | :03:26. | |
man, Nigel Farage, currently popular in the polls, who criticised the | :03:27. | :03:36. | |
government's position today. You put to me that it is going to be very | :03:37. | :03:40. | |
difficult because Mr Cameron has given a cast-iron guarantee that if | :03:41. | :03:44. | |
he becomes Prime Minister next year he will have a referendum on the | :03:45. | :03:48. | |
Lisbon Treaty. He did not deliver on that. On the campaign trail, party | :03:49. | :03:52. | |
leaders are jostling to assert their views. Labour said it would only | :03:53. | :03:59. | |
hold a referendum on the transfer of power. Britain's role in Europe will | :04:00. | :04:02. | |
continue to divide in Europe over the next few weeks. | :04:03. | :04:13. | |
The head of a team in the Premier League has been caught sending | :04:14. | :04:17. | |
sexist slurs to his PA. The PA said she was shocked at seeing the | :04:18. | :04:22. | |
content. Mr Scudamore said he apologised for an error of | :04:23. | :04:28. | |
judgement. Football, and it's the final match | :04:29. | :04:31. | |
of the Premier League season, with the title race going down to the | :04:32. | :04:35. | |
wire. Manchester City only need a point against West Ham to win it. | :04:36. | :04:39. | |
Their rivals, Liverpool, have a lot more work to do. In a moment we'll | :04:40. | :04:43. | |
be speaking to Andy Swiss, who'll be following the Liverpool game at | :04:44. | :04:46. | |
Anfield, but first to Dan Roan. Dan, looks like it's City's title to | :04:47. | :04:50. | |
lose? Absolutely. All they need here today, because of their superior | :04:51. | :04:53. | |
goal difference, is a draw against West Ham to seal a second | :04:54. | :04:57. | |
championship in three seasons, underlining, perhaps, their status | :04:58. | :05:00. | |
as a new dominant force in the England game. It would be a | :05:01. | :05:04. | |
fantastic achievement for Manuel Pellegrini in his first season in | :05:05. | :05:08. | |
charge. Previously fans would have worried about a lost a finale like | :05:09. | :05:12. | |
this but Hundred goals already this season, so it would be a major shock | :05:13. | :05:17. | |
if they were to slip up. -- 100 goals. Some will say Liverpool have | :05:18. | :05:23. | |
bought the championship, given the ?50 million find they face for | :05:24. | :05:27. | |
breaching financial fair play regulations but there's no doubt of | :05:28. | :05:29. | |
City delivered today, they will have done it in style. | :05:30. | :05:37. | |
Andy, a huge task for Liverpool. That's right. Liverpool fans are | :05:38. | :05:42. | |
arriving with a mixture of hope and realism. They know they are the | :05:43. | :05:45. | |
underdogs and they have to beat Newcastle United and then hope | :05:46. | :05:49. | |
Manchester City lose at the Etihad. It is a pretty tall order. Whatever | :05:50. | :05:54. | |
happens, this has been an encouraging season for Liverpool. | :05:55. | :05:57. | |
They finished only seventh in the Premier League last season but they | :05:58. | :06:00. | |
will know just a fortnight ago they were the favourites and they were | :06:01. | :06:04. | |
the league leaders, but then a defeat to Chelsea and a draw at | :06:05. | :06:13. | |
Crystal Palace handed the initiative back to Manchester City, and if | :06:14. | :06:16. | |
things don't work out for them, there will be real disappointment, | :06:17. | :06:18. | |
because they were hoping for their first league title in 24 years. But | :06:19. | :06:20. | |
this has seen extraordinary drama and comedy who knows? There might be | :06:21. | :06:24. | |
some final twist here this afternoon. -- and, who knows? | :06:25. | :06:28. | |
There are now more than 100 billionaires in the UK, with a | :06:29. | :06:31. | |
combined wealth of over ?300 billion. The Sunday Times Super Rich | :06:32. | :06:35. | |
List says there are now more billionaires in London than any | :06:36. | :06:39. | |
other city in the world, as Nick Beake reports. | :06:40. | :06:41. | |
They are the brothers who top the Premier League of wealth. | :06:42. | :06:46. | |
Businessmen Gopie and Sri Hinduja now Britain's richest men, together | :06:47. | :06:50. | |
worth ?11.9 billion. Russian tycoon Alisher Usmanov, who owns a third of | :06:51. | :06:53. | |
Arsenal Football Club, has been knocked off the top spot, but still | :06:54. | :06:59. | |
has more than ?10 billion. Roman Abramovich, whose Chelsea team | :07:00. | :07:02. | |
missed out on the league title this year, has slipped to ninth and now | :07:03. | :07:09. | |
only has an ?8.5 billion fortune. The man whose life's work has been | :07:10. | :07:12. | |
studying the super-rich says there are now a record 104 billionaires in | :07:13. | :07:18. | |
the UK. Most are foreigners lured here by what British life has to | :07:19. | :07:23. | |
offer. Culture, financial services, nice tax regime, good education for | :07:24. | :07:26. | |
their kids and a nice lifestyle where they meet their friends who | :07:27. | :07:33. | |
are all billionaires here. And this is where two of the top five live. | :07:34. | :07:37. | |
It's known as Billionaires' Row, here in Kensington in Central | :07:38. | :07:41. | |
London. The average property price is ?40 million. Next week, the likes | :07:42. | :07:47. | |
of the Queen and Sir Elton John will appear on the full Rich List, | :07:48. | :07:50. | |
showing the wealthiest 1,000 people living in Britain. Mechanic Neil | :07:51. | :07:57. | |
Trotter and his partner are now among them. They hit the | :07:58. | :08:01. | |
EuroMillions jackpot back in March, scooping ?108 million. | :08:02. | :08:10. | |
Austria's bearded drag performer, Conchita Wurst, won the Eurovision | :08:11. | :08:15. | |
Song Contest lst night. The UK's entry, Children Of The Universe, | :08:16. | :08:18. | |
performed by Molly Smitten-Downes, came 17th out of 26 finalists, | :08:19. | :08:20. | |
securing only 40 points,as Sophie Van Brugen reports. | :08:21. | :08:27. | |
# From the fading light I fly. # Rise like a phoenix #. | :08:28. | :08:34. | |
It was Conchita's night. Favourite of the fans and bookies, the | :08:35. | :08:38. | |
Austrian drag act rose like a phoenix to be declared the clear | :08:39. | :08:41. | |
winner of Eurovision, with 290 points. Austria, 12 points. | :08:42. | :08:45. | |
Collecting her trophy, she had a clear message. This night is | :08:46. | :08:49. | |
dedicated to everyone who believes in a future of peace and freedom. | :08:50. | :09:01. | |
You know who you are. We are unity and we are unstoppable. Politics | :09:02. | :09:09. | |
inevitably colours both the voting and the performances, and this year | :09:10. | :09:15. | |
it was between Russia and Ukraine. There were audible boos amongst the | :09:16. | :09:17. | |
audience whenever Russia were awarded points. Russia! I do feel | :09:18. | :09:28. | |
badly for those girls. The Netherlands came second, with Sweden | :09:29. | :09:33. | |
following closely behind. Sadly for the UK, voters weren't smitten with | :09:34. | :09:36. | |
Molly, as she came 17th with 40 points, leaving many British fans | :09:37. | :09:41. | |
disappointed. She was good, she did her best, she really did, and it's | :09:42. | :09:46. | |
very sad she's come where she has. She put in a fantastic performance. | :09:47. | :09:50. | |
People genuinely love her here and I don't think there's any UK fan going | :09:51. | :09:54. | |
home tonight who's not really, really delighted. Sophie Van Brugen, | :09:55. | :10:07. | |
BBC News, Copenhagen. That's the latest news for now. | :10:08. | :10:08. | |
Goodbye. We have already seen plenty of | :10:09. | :10:22. | |
downpours already this weekend and we have more of those around the | :10:23. | :10:26. | |
corner, not just this afternoon but also over the next couple of days. | :10:27. | :10:30. | |
Further heavy showers around this afternoon with quite a bit of | :10:31. | :10:34. | |
cloud, too, and fairly cool wind is blowing. A blustery afternoon across | :10:35. | :10:39. | |
England and Wales. The radar picture shows where the rain has been | :10:40. | :10:43. | |
already and you can see it forming across | :10:44. | :10:44. |