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:00:24. > :00:30.carriers, helicopters and a warship. The ousted Ukrainian president

:00:31. > :00:34.resurfaces in Russia vows to return. TRANSLATION: I am eager and ready to

:00:35. > :00:38.fight for the future of Ukraine. As all Britons are being urged to

:00:39. > :00:40.leave Crimea, the UN meets to discuss the escalating situation.

:00:41. > :00:43.Also tonight: The serial killer who laughed as she was sentenced to life

:00:44. > :00:45.in prison without parole. British police join forces around

:00:46. > :00:49.the world to arrest fraudsters selling bogus financial investments.

:00:50. > :00:51.As gay men and women are threatened with life imprisonment in Uganda,

:00:52. > :00:56.the World Bank holds back millions in aid.

:00:57. > :00:57.And preparing for the Oscars with a British director and star tipped to

:00:58. > :01:05.win. In Sportsday, Manuel Pellegrini is

:01:06. > :01:06.handed a two-match touchline ban for comments about the referee in last

:01:07. > :01:34.week's defeat to Barcelona. Good evening.

:01:35. > :01:37.There are signs tonight of a build up of Russian forces over the border

:01:38. > :01:41.in Crimea, the region of Ukraine where the majority of people are

:01:42. > :01:44.ethnically Russian. As international leaders urge Russia to stay out of

:01:45. > :01:47.the country's affairs, the interim Ukrainian government has accused

:01:48. > :01:49.Russia of an armed invasion. Unidentified gunmen are patrolling

:01:50. > :01:51.two key Crimean airports, Russian helicopters are flying though

:01:52. > :01:56.Crimean airspace, which has been closed to other traffic. Russian

:01:57. > :02:01.armoured personnel carriers are lined up along the highway between

:02:02. > :02:04.Simferopol and Sevastopol airports. There are reports, unconfirmed, that

:02:05. > :02:08.more Russian troops are being flown in. And a Russian warship is

:02:09. > :02:13.blockading the strategic Black Sea port of Balaklava. Our Moscow

:02:14. > :02:23.correspondent Daniel Sandford sent this report, which contains flash

:02:24. > :02:27.photography. Crimea's main connection to the

:02:28. > :02:32.outside world, today in the hands of men with machine guns. They were

:02:33. > :02:35.wearing no insignia, but their military fatigues were of Russian

:02:36. > :02:43.design, their weapons Russian standard issue. The airport is

:02:44. > :02:47.nominally in Ukraine but not under Ukrainian control tonight. The armed

:02:48. > :02:51.men, in green military uniforms, have taken over the building

:02:52. > :02:57.containing the control tower in Crimea's main civilian airport. This

:02:58. > :03:03.local activist said the troops were there to stop far right militia from

:03:04. > :03:08.Kiev. TRANSLATION: Radicalism and fascism

:03:09. > :03:12.are not welcome in Crimea. This is our slogan, and we don't want

:03:13. > :03:20.radicals from Ukraine, other regions and countries to visit us in Crimea.

:03:21. > :03:25.The extraordinary military movements went on all day. The new government

:03:26. > :03:29.in Kiev complained that these Russian attack helicopters had

:03:30. > :03:34.violated its airspace. This evening, armoured personnel carriers

:03:35. > :03:40.appeared on the road. Kiev said it was an invasion. But this woman,

:03:41. > :03:46.like many here, is suspicious of the new Kiev government and supported

:03:47. > :03:52.the Russian move. TRANSLATION: Who else can we turn

:03:53. > :03:57.to? Who can defend us? Thank goodness the Russian fleet is here

:03:58. > :04:02.to defend us. This Russian naval ship appeared at the entrance to the

:04:03. > :04:08.world-famous Balaklava Bay, another show of strength by the Russian

:04:09. > :04:14.armed forces. Ukraine has lost control of the seas around Crimea

:04:15. > :04:22.and its main airports. But in Kiev, the acting president said he would

:04:23. > :04:27.react carefully. TRANSLATION: I appeal personally to

:04:28. > :04:32.President Putin to immediately stop provoking us. Pull out troops from

:04:33. > :04:40.Crimea and cooperate by sticking to agreements already signed between

:04:41. > :04:44.us. Across the border in Russia, the man he replaced, the ousted

:04:45. > :04:48.president, Viktor Yanukovych, appeared in public for the first

:04:49. > :04:52.time since he fled last week. Ukraine has asked Russia to hand him

:04:53. > :05:01.over as a suspect, but he seemed defiant.

:05:02. > :05:06.TRANSLATION: I am eager and ready to fight for the future of Ukraine. I

:05:07. > :05:12.was forced to leave, and there were threats to my life and to people

:05:13. > :05:19.close to me. Power was taken by nationalist, fascist thugs, who are

:05:20. > :05:22.in the minority in Ukraine. These security camera pictures released

:05:23. > :05:25.tonight show the moment the regional parliament was stormed yesterday by

:05:26. > :05:31.men with machine guns and rocket propelled grenades. The TV station

:05:32. > :05:36.was also taken today. This is not yet a war, but Kiev has not moved to

:05:37. > :05:40.reassert control, and if it does, Moscow made clear today that its

:05:41. > :05:49.troops are waiting. Daniel is in Crimea tonight. Events

:05:50. > :05:54.seem to be changing quickly on the ground. What is the latest? At the

:05:55. > :05:58.moment, Crimean airspace is closed to civilian aircraft, with no

:05:59. > :06:02.civilian flights being allowed in at present. There are rumours swirling

:06:03. > :06:04.around about the arrival of many more Russian troops. First, there

:06:05. > :06:17.were suggestions that some troops were landing, four planes were

:06:18. > :06:19.landing. Then the Ukrainian ambassador to the United Nations

:06:20. > :06:22.Security Council confirmed that he believed that some planes had landed

:06:23. > :06:25.and then the Ukraine's representative in Crimea said he

:06:26. > :06:29.believed 13 transport planes had landed with 150 troops on each

:06:30. > :06:34.plane. I should say that nobody from the BBC has been able to see any of

:06:35. > :06:39.these planes or troops arriving, but there are now multiple reports of

:06:40. > :06:42.that going on. This is a situation where Ukraine does not seem to have

:06:43. > :06:47.any control over Crimea. They don't seem to be able to make any military

:06:48. > :06:51.move. There is this great risk that if they decided they had to assert

:06:52. > :06:54.their control, there would be this Russian reaction. That is why

:06:55. > :06:59.authorities in Kiev at the moment are calling this a provocation, and

:07:00. > :07:03.saying they do not intend to react. The British Foreign Office is saying

:07:04. > :07:08.that nobody should travel to Crimea and those who are here should try

:07:09. > :07:13.and leave, preferably by train. Thank you.

:07:14. > :07:15.Events in Ukraine are being monitored in Washington and

:07:16. > :07:20.President Obama has just begun speaking about the crisis. Ian

:07:21. > :07:23.Pannell is in Washington. President Obama and the Secretary of State,

:07:24. > :07:29.John Kerry, both expressing concern about events in Crimea. Yes, it is

:07:30. > :07:35.interesting that as events on the ground have ratcheted up, so has the

:07:36. > :07:37.language being used here in Washington. President Obama,

:07:38. > :07:40.literally in the last couple of minutes, saying he was deeply

:07:41. > :07:47.concerned about reports of military movements, describing any

:07:48. > :07:51.infringement of the territorial integrity of Ukraine as deeply

:07:52. > :07:56.destabilising. Earlier, John Kerry also made some reasonably strident

:07:57. > :08:00.remarks about the situation. He has a cordial relationship with his

:08:01. > :08:04.Russian counterpart, who he spoke to earlier today, in which they seemed

:08:05. > :08:08.to echo the same language about respecting that sovereignty,

:08:09. > :08:13.territorial integrity. But also, John Kerry said intervention would

:08:14. > :08:17.be a grave mistake. He said that America supported the territorial

:08:18. > :08:21.integrity of the Ukraine, and expected other nations to do the

:08:22. > :08:26.same. Again, a clear warning to Russia. There is a pre-existing

:08:27. > :08:30.agreement, the Budapest memorandum, which technically binds Britain and

:08:31. > :08:32.America to not just echo the words of supporting territorial

:08:33. > :08:37.integrity, but to actually back it up. Ian Pannell in Washington, thank

:08:38. > :08:40.you. Serial killer Joanne Dennehy has

:08:41. > :08:42.been sentenced to life in prison without parole for murdering three

:08:43. > :08:45.men and randomly selecting and attempting to kill two others. She

:08:46. > :08:47.laughed in court as the judge described her as "a cruel,

:08:48. > :08:54.calculating, selfish and manipulative serial killer". Ed

:08:55. > :09:00.Thomas reports. A killer who was calm, confident and

:09:01. > :09:05.in control. Joanne Dennehy said she wanted to be famous for killing men,

:09:06. > :09:10.and write a book. She took these pictures to celebrate her murderers.

:09:11. > :09:16.Today, she arrived at court to be called a monster. Handcuffed, inside

:09:17. > :09:20.the dock, the judge said she was a Krul, calculating serial killer.

:09:21. > :09:25.Dennehy smiled before she was told she would spend the rest of her life

:09:26. > :09:29.in prison. The fact that she will never see daylight again in the

:09:30. > :09:33.outside world is a huge comfort for the family. Whilst I do not measure

:09:34. > :09:36.success of any investigation on prison time, in this case, for

:09:37. > :09:42.Joanne Dennehy, it is absolutely the right thing that she won't come out

:09:43. > :09:48.of prison. Dennehy, the court heard, had a thirst for blood. In March

:09:49. > :09:54.last year she murdered her friend, her housemate John Chapman, and

:09:55. > :10:00.landlord Kevin Lee. Today, Kevin Lee's family gave this reaction.

:10:01. > :10:03.With -- we miss him more with each day that passes and we will all live

:10:04. > :10:07.with the legacy of the actions of Joanne Dennehy. By the time she

:10:08. > :10:13.killed, Dennehy had abandoned her two children. An alcoholic using

:10:14. > :10:17.heroin, looking for men to kill. The blade was no bigger than three

:10:18. > :10:22.inches but she was all over. Mark Lloyd met her the day she was

:10:23. > :10:28.arrested. She forced him to watch as she stabbed two strangers. In fear

:10:29. > :10:32.of his life, this CCTV shows him with the killer. She puts her arm

:10:33. > :10:37.around his neck. But you can't see is the knife hidden under her

:10:38. > :10:42.clothes. In his own -- only TV interview, he said he thought he

:10:43. > :10:47.would be the next to die. She wanted to kill someone. Anyone, right there

:10:48. > :10:52.and then, to kill. But could Dennehy have been stopped? A diagnosed

:10:53. > :10:57.psychopath, who self harm done suffered from several personality

:10:58. > :11:01.disorders. She would have been known to services. Someone has been

:11:02. > :11:04.prescribing medication to her. There is no question that she would have

:11:05. > :11:10.shown significant disturbance prior to these events. But predicting that

:11:11. > :11:15.someone is going to do something as horrific as this is an extremely

:11:16. > :11:20.difficult thing to do. The court was told -- told Dennehy killed because

:11:21. > :11:26.she wanted to see how it felt. In the dock, she laughed and swore at

:11:27. > :11:30.the judge as she revealed that she told a psychiatrist killing was

:11:31. > :11:33.Moorish and after her first murder, she wanted more. Joanne Dennehy will

:11:34. > :11:39.never be released, a murderer who thought killing was fun. Ed Thomas,

:11:40. > :11:42.BBC News at the Old Bailey. Two women who were sexually

:11:43. > :11:44.assaulted by a London taxi driver have won compensation from the

:11:45. > :11:47.Metropolitan Police for failures in its investigation. John Worboys was

:11:48. > :11:51.jailed for life in 2009 for a series of rapes and sexual assaults over a

:11:52. > :11:54.six-year period. The women's successful challenge under the Human

:11:55. > :11:58.Rights Act could set a precedent for future cases.

:11:59. > :12:02.In Preston, former television and radio presenter Stuart Hall has

:12:03. > :12:06.pleaded not guilty to rape charges. The 84-year-old is charged with 15

:12:07. > :12:11.counts of rape and five of indecent assault, which date back to the

:12:12. > :12:15.1970s and 80s. Two of the alleged victims were girls below the age of

:12:16. > :12:20.consent. Mr Hall's trial has been set for May sixth.

:12:21. > :12:23.The leader of the UK Independence Party, Nigel Farage, has said he is

:12:24. > :12:27.taking a "mega gamble" by predicting his party could win the European

:12:28. > :12:30.elections in May. At his party conference in Torquay, he also said

:12:31. > :12:34.UKIP could return a number of MPs at the next general election and he

:12:35. > :12:37.would resign if none were elected. He was speaking to our Deputy

:12:38. > :12:38.Political Editor, James Landale. This report contains some flash

:12:39. > :12:50.photography. Some may be old, some unsteady on

:12:51. > :12:55.their feet, some perhaps even a little eccentric. What a nice day

:12:56. > :12:59.for a lovely conference. But never let it be said that UKIP members

:13:00. > :13:03.lack confidence. A Richter scale 7 political earthquake. It's going to

:13:04. > :13:06.shake this country up. For a party once dismissed as fruitcakes and

:13:07. > :13:13.loonies by David Cameron is now growing faster than any other. They

:13:14. > :13:18.can abuse us as much as they want. The more they throw all these words

:13:19. > :13:21.at us, the more people vote for us. That's why he's telling his party

:13:22. > :13:24.that not only might they win most votes at the European election, they

:13:25. > :13:30.could also win a good number of MPs at the next general election. If

:13:31. > :13:35.they win none, he'd resign. This is the moment that we've waited for.

:13:36. > :13:38.This is it. This is the big one for UKIP. Together, we can achieve

:13:39. > :13:44.something remarkable in these European Elections. We can top those

:13:45. > :13:46.polls. He told them their party was changing, broadening its appeal and,

:13:47. > :13:52.yes, involving more women and younger people. I've always loved

:13:53. > :13:57.being amongst UKIP people. It's great fun. It's like being in Dad's

:13:58. > :13:59.Army, really! Some members of UKIP continue to embarrass the

:14:00. > :14:03.leadership, most recently one blaming the floods on gay marriage.

:14:04. > :14:09.But this is a party with a spring in its step and a leader not afraid of

:14:10. > :14:12.raising expectations. I want us to get back some pride and self-respect

:14:13. > :14:16.in who we are. And if that means I'm taking a mega gamble on the European

:14:17. > :14:20.Elections on May 22nd, then so be it. So he did not mind having a

:14:21. > :14:24.slogan that, as it turned out, had once been used by the BNP. Nor was

:14:25. > :14:27.he coy about how he thinks immigration has left parts of

:14:28. > :14:32.Britain unrecognisable, such as when he caught a train recently in

:14:33. > :14:34.London. It wasn't till after we got past Grove Park that I could

:14:35. > :14:38.actually hear English being audibly spoken in the carriage. Does that

:14:39. > :14:42.make me feel slightly awkward? Yes. For some local people, that sort of

:14:43. > :14:46.message was too much, but not all. Will you vote UKIP, madam? No. Why

:14:47. > :14:49.not? Because they're too right-wing and I don't agree with their

:14:50. > :14:53.policies on immigration. Your husband, does he share your views?

:14:54. > :14:57.Certainly not. How would you vote? I'll definitely vote for UKIP. Would

:14:58. > :15:00.you vote UKIP? No. Why not? Because I think they're barking mad. How

:15:01. > :15:04.would you vote? UKIP every day. Once UKIP conferences were thinly

:15:05. > :15:09.attended. Now the car parks are full. And they're not shy of letting

:15:10. > :15:14.people know why they're here. James Landale, BBC News, Torquay.

:15:15. > :15:17.The boss of the company that owns British Airways says the airline may

:15:18. > :15:21.benefit from a vote for Scottish Independence. Willie Walsh - the

:15:22. > :15:23.head of International Airlines Group - said British Airways wasn't

:15:24. > :15:27.drawing up contingency plans for the prospect of a "yes" vote. But he

:15:28. > :15:33.added, Scottish Government plans to scrap Air Passenger Duty could be

:15:34. > :15:39.good for the aviation industry. We will continue to fly to Scotland,

:15:40. > :15:45.and, if anything, it might be marginally positive. I suspect the

:15:46. > :15:48.Scottish Government will abolish Air Passenger Duty. No, it is probably

:15:49. > :15:52.going to be a positive development, if it does happen.

:15:53. > :15:55.British detectives, working with police forces around the world, have

:15:56. > :15:59.carried out a huge operation targeting gangs suspected of selling

:16:00. > :16:02.bogus financial investments. They're known as boiler room scams after the

:16:03. > :16:05.temporary back-street offices from where the fraudsters trick people,

:16:06. > :16:11.over the phone, into parting with their money. 110 people have been

:16:12. > :16:15.arrested - 20 in the UK. High-value goods - including sports cars - and

:16:16. > :16:17.?500,000 in cash have been seized. Our correspondent, Robert Hall,

:16:18. > :16:25.watched the operation unfold in Barcelona. His report contains flash

:16:26. > :16:28.photography from the start. On a quiet street in the centre of

:16:29. > :16:31.Barcelona, Spain's elite Serious Crime Unit target a scam which has

:16:32. > :16:37.ruined thousands of lives and cost victims millions of pounds. This

:16:38. > :16:40.team is working with colleagues from the City of London's Financial

:16:41. > :16:44.Crimes Unit. This office block is the base for what they believe is a

:16:45. > :16:48.boiler room and the raid is one fragment of an operation which

:16:49. > :16:50.extends across Europe and beyond. Boiler room scams involve

:16:51. > :16:52.individuals cold-calling and using high-pressure sales techniques to

:16:53. > :17:00.persuade victims to buy into bogus investments. Last year, the BBC's

:17:01. > :17:05.You and Yours programme secretly recorded one of the fraudsters.

:17:06. > :17:11.We're a basic commodity brokerage firm but we specify in corporate

:17:12. > :17:15.gold leasing. -- specialise in corporate gold leasing. With this

:17:16. > :17:18.particular investment, I can guarantee you 15% in 60 days.

:17:19. > :17:21.Another series of cold-calls cost this pensioner more than ?20,000. I

:17:22. > :17:24.received a call from a very enthusiastic young man who excited

:17:25. > :17:27.me because he - I was thinking about investing, he was talking about

:17:28. > :17:32.carbon credits, which I had not heard about. He sent me loads of

:17:33. > :17:36.literature, told me a lot of stuff about it, was very knowledgeable and

:17:37. > :17:43.I foolishly trusted him and I did borrow money out of my house. There

:17:44. > :17:46.are 300 Spanish officers deployed across their country and there are

:17:47. > :17:52.further arrests taking place in the UK, the United States and Serbia.

:17:53. > :17:55.The City of London force, which has 40 officers here in Barcelona, said

:17:56. > :18:02.it is the biggest deployment it's ever made in pursuit of a fraud

:18:03. > :18:05.investigation. The aim, they say, is to decimate boiler room fraud by

:18:06. > :18:12.arresting what they term "tier one criminals". This is a crime that

:18:13. > :18:16.ignores global boundaries. It ignores international borders. It

:18:17. > :18:21.operates right across the world. What we have shown here is that we

:18:22. > :18:24.are able to do that as well. Police say these photos taken on the raids

:18:25. > :18:32.show where the money goes - luxury homes, expensive cars and top of the

:18:33. > :18:35.range personal items. The arrests won't eradicate the scam, but senior

:18:36. > :18:37.officers believe the operation they codenamed Reco will offer

:18:38. > :18:44.reassurance to victims and severely damage the boiler room operation in

:18:45. > :18:51.Europe. Robert Hall, BBC News, Barcelona.

:18:52. > :18:55.One of the biggest providers of aid to Uganda - the World Bank - has

:18:56. > :18:57.postponed a $90 million loan to the country following a new law imposing

:18:58. > :19:01.harsh punishments for gay men and women. Homosexual acts were already

:19:02. > :19:06.illegal in Uganda - with those convicted facing life imprisonment.

:19:07. > :19:10.But it now covers anyone who is "intending" to act. Promoting

:19:11. > :19:14.homosexuality in any form has been banned - and carries a prison

:19:15. > :19:17.sentence of up to seven years. And this week a national newspaper has

:19:18. > :19:19.been naming what it says are the country's top homosexuals -

:19:20. > :19:25.including individuals who haven't made their sexuality public. It's

:19:26. > :19:33.raising concerns of a witch-hunt against gay people. Tulip Muzumdar

:19:34. > :19:37.reports from the capital, Kampala. This week, Uganda proclaimed to the

:19:38. > :19:41.world it won't change its anti-gay culture for anyone. If you are gay

:19:42. > :19:46.in this country, the message from the government is to hide it or feel

:19:47. > :19:51.the heavy hand of the law. One of the country's most popular tabloids

:19:52. > :20:09.is helping whip up the ante gay sentiment. Human rights activist is

:20:10. > :20:15.one of those fearing he will be exposed. The paper outing us is

:20:16. > :20:19.another signal to Ugandans that you can do whatever you want to do with.

:20:20. > :20:24.The President called a press conference to sign the Bill into law

:20:25. > :20:28.- a public act of defiance ignoring warnings from President Obama who

:20:29. > :20:34.called the plans "morally wrong". But many here in Kampala are right

:20:35. > :20:40.behind their President. They cannot make up a good family, or

:20:41. > :20:45.relationship. I don't support gay. Our school taught us it's bad and

:20:46. > :20:49.spreads disease. Most Ugandans do support the anti-gay legislation.

:20:50. > :20:52.This is a deeply religious and conservative country. Some lawyers

:20:53. > :20:56.say media reports like this one talking openly about homosexuality

:20:57. > :21:01.could be seen as promoting it which could carry a prison sentence of up

:21:02. > :21:06.to seven years. Uganda's health system is heavily reliant on foreign

:21:07. > :21:11.donors. The UK suspended direct aid to the country last year over claims

:21:12. > :21:18.of corruption. The US is considering whether to do the same over this

:21:19. > :21:24.Bill. This doctor founded this hospice 21 years ago. It is almost

:21:25. > :21:29.entirely funded by US aid. Really worried that the US has said that

:21:30. > :21:33.they are going to cut donations to Uganda because of this Bill and that

:21:34. > :21:39.is not going to affect anybody but the very poor. The country's Health

:21:40. > :21:45.Minister says if international money disappears, Uganda will cope. He

:21:46. > :21:56.also tried to reassure gay people. We are not in any way interfering

:21:57. > :21:59.with the rights of all the people of Uganda, to get the due healthcare

:22:00. > :22:04.that they need and that they deserve. Many Ugandans say they have

:22:05. > :22:08.asserted their independence by not giving into Western pressure, but

:22:09. > :22:12.with other donors threatening to follow the World Bank's example, the

:22:13. > :22:20.decision could end up costing them dearly.

:22:21. > :22:22.The Green Party leader has used her spring conference speech to

:22:23. > :22:25.re-enforce her party's opposition to fracking. Natalie Bennett told

:22:26. > :22:27.supporters in Liverpool that opposing the controversial gas

:22:28. > :22:37.extraction method would put their party on the "same side of the

:22:38. > :22:58.argument" as the British public. Badger culls aimed at spreading TB

:22:59. > :23:05.The red carpet has been rolled out and the nominees are preparing their

:23:06. > :23:10.thank you speeches. The 86th Academy Awards take place this weekend. And

:23:11. > :23:13.after picking up top awards at the Golden Globes and BAFTAs, 12 Years A

:23:14. > :23:16.Slave - with its British director and star - is tipped to come away

:23:17. > :23:19.with an Oscar or two. Our entertainment correspondent, Lizo

:23:20. > :23:21.Mzimba, is on the red carpet in Los Angeles. Lizo.

:23:22. > :23:25.With all the torrential rain at the moment, the plastic-covered red

:23:26. > :23:30.carpet! 12 Years A Slave is the film most people are talking about, but

:23:31. > :23:33.there is strong competition particularly from Gravity. In a

:23:34. > :23:37.couple of days, this is the exact spot where all the stars will be

:23:38. > :23:40.walking into the auditorium from all the films. Ahead of that, we have

:23:41. > :23:48.been speaking to the favourites in some of the biggest categories.

:23:49. > :23:52.The dazzling visuals of Gravity. The stark inhumanity of 12 Years A

:23:53. > :23:58.Slave. The power in the performances in Dallas Buyers Club. All are

:23:59. > :24:05.expected to be rewarded. The narrow favourite for Best Film, 12 Years A

:24:06. > :24:10.Slave. Days ago I was with my family in my home. I'm so incredibly proud

:24:11. > :24:15.that people are talking about the film in such a light. All the hard

:24:16. > :24:20.work we did on the film, the fact we are being talked about as contenders

:24:21. > :24:24.for winning an Oscar is great. It is an honour, really. Never wanting to

:24:25. > :24:26.appear too keen to win cinema's biggest prize, hopefuls tend to

:24:27. > :24:33.choose their words with care, perhaps with as much care as goes

:24:34. > :24:37.into organising the night itself. Having those words "Oscar winner" in

:24:38. > :24:40.front of their name can give even established film figures a boost

:24:41. > :24:43.that no other award can offer and that's a thought that will be on

:24:44. > :24:51.every single nominee's mind as they walk down this red carpet on Sunday.

:24:52. > :24:55.You've tested positive for HIV. It can have a big impact on a Best

:24:56. > :24:59.Actor winner. Dallas Buyers Club's Matthew McConaughey though brushes

:25:00. > :25:04.off his front-runner status. Getting it made was a minor miracle. But

:25:05. > :25:10.then we announced it's more than around, it's vital, it's being - a

:25:11. > :25:13.light has been shown on it. It has translated, it communicates with

:25:14. > :25:18.people. It appears to become personal with people. That's

:25:19. > :25:23.something I'm very proud of. Terrific! While director Alfonso

:25:24. > :25:29.Cuaron has won every major award so far for his work on Gravity. And few

:25:30. > :25:32.expect that trend to change. How do you feel about being the favourite

:25:33. > :25:39.for Sunday? Well, those things, I don't think so much about it. I just

:25:40. > :25:42.take it one day at a time. And it's a celebration. I'm going to have

:25:43. > :25:45.fun, no matter what. Still, the Oscars sometimes deliver surprises,

:25:46. > :25:47.even the odd shock, and on Sunday the predictions will become

:25:48. > :25:55.irrelevant as millions watch across the globe to see who will take home

:25:56. > :26:03.a coveted statuette. Lizo Mzimba, BBC News, Hollywood.

:26:04. > :26:07.It's a stunning natural phenomenon that is rarely visible from anywhere

:26:08. > :26:10.in the UK apart from the remotest parts of Scotland. But last night,

:26:11. > :26:12.the Northern Lights put on a spectacular display that was clearly

:26:13. > :26:18.visible from Orkney down to Norfolk, even as far south as

:26:19. > :26:21.Jersey. The bright dancing lights known as the Aurora Borealis are

:26:22. > :26:24.caused by solar particles interacting with the Earth's

:26:25. > :26:27.magnetic field and atmosphere. The spectacle gave thousands of us a

:26:28. > :26:32.rare chance to witness one of nature's most magical events.

:26:33. > :26:38.That's all from us. Don't forget a first look at the papers over on the

:26:39. > :26:39.BBC News Channel. Now on BBC One, it's time for the news where you