:00:00. > :00:08.The worst single atrocity in Northern Ireland,
:00:09. > :00:13.and what looks like the last chance for a criminal trial has collapsed.
:00:14. > :00:16.29 people died in the Omagh bombing 17 years ago,
:00:17. > :00:19.including three generations of one family.
:00:20. > :00:23.Seamus Daly, the last suspect charged with the attack,
:00:24. > :00:27.The families of the victims voice their despair.
:00:28. > :00:33.I think most families have given up on justice. They've given up on the
:00:34. > :00:35.criminal justice system because they've been let down so many times.
:00:36. > :00:37.The prosecution dropped the case after concluding a key
:00:38. > :00:40.So can there ever be justice for Omagh now?
:00:41. > :00:44.As more migrants are trapped in Greece, the UN says Europe
:00:45. > :00:51.is on the cusp of a largely self-induced humanitarian crisis.
:00:52. > :00:54.We're with the Russian forces in Syria, where many of the migrants
:00:55. > :01:00.Could this be the night Donald Trump all but wins the Republican
:01:01. > :01:09.And the health survey of babies that started back in 1946,
:01:10. > :01:13.70 years later, thousands are still taking part.
:01:14. > :01:16.And coming up in Sportsday on BBC News, Leicester City have been
:01:17. > :01:19.in action tonight trying to extend their lead at the top
:01:20. > :01:50.The Omagh bombing was the worst, single atrocity of Northern
:01:51. > :01:52.Ireland's troubles, but now, 17 years on,
:01:53. > :01:55.what looks like the last chance to put those allegedly responsible
:01:56. > :01:59.The case against the only remaining suspect charged with the attack
:02:00. > :02:05.The prosecution said a key witness was unreliable.
:02:06. > :02:09.Seamus Daly, who has always denied the murders of 29 people in the Real
:02:10. > :02:10.IRA attack, has walked free from prison.
:02:11. > :02:20.Our Correspondent Chris Buckler is in Omagh for us tonight.
:02:21. > :02:27.August 15, 1998 stands unparalleled. Even in Northern Ireland's history
:02:28. > :02:36.of brutality. A car bomb exploded on Even in Northern Ireland's history
:02:37. > :02:40.that busy Saturday afternoon when Omagh was filled with families. By
:02:41. > :02:44.evening parents and families were grieving. 18 years later shots have
:02:45. > :02:52.been repaired, this street rebuilt, but nothing is forgotten here. There
:02:53. > :02:55.are families like the Gallaghers who have put their hopes in
:02:56. > :03:00.investigations. But today in court they learned all charges were being
:03:01. > :03:04.dropped against Seamus Daly, including the murder of Michael
:03:05. > :03:07.Gallagher's son Aidan. Its soul destroying. If you noticed here this
:03:08. > :03:11.morning there's not many families because I think most families have
:03:12. > :03:14.given up on justice, they've given up on the criminal justice system
:03:15. > :03:22.because they've been let down so many times. Seamus Daly has always
:03:23. > :03:27.strongly denied any part in the 29 murders at Omagh. I'd like to ask
:03:28. > :03:32.you some questions please about the Omagh bombing. In 2000 the BBC's
:03:33. > :03:36.panorama programme tried to confront him with evidence they claimed
:03:37. > :03:42.showed he was involved in the bombing. One thing I'd like you to
:03:43. > :03:47.explain, Mr Daly, is how you came to be in possession of a mobile
:03:48. > :03:52.telephone. Key to the prosecution case was a mobile phone used by the
:03:53. > :03:57.bombers. Their witness said he could connect Seamus Daly to the phone but
:03:58. > :04:00.in court he gave inconsistent evidence and contradicted his
:04:01. > :04:09.earlier testimony. The prosecution against the defendant Seamus Daly
:04:10. > :04:12.was based on a house of straw. In Omagh's memorial garden they
:04:13. > :04:17.remember all of those killed. But the failure of this case means only
:04:18. > :04:22.one man has been prosecuted for the killings in Omagh. In December 2007
:04:23. > :04:28.Sean Hoey was acquitted and cleared of involvement in the attacks after
:04:29. > :04:32.a lengthy criminal. Two years later for other men including Seamus Daly
:04:33. > :04:36.were found liable for the bombing in a civil case brought by some of the
:04:37. > :04:41.Omagh families but they continued to push for criminal convictions and
:04:42. > :04:44.two years ago Seamus Daly was arrested and charged. However today
:04:45. > :04:49.the case against him collapsed, with the prosecutors admitting they
:04:50. > :04:54.didn't have enough evidence. For police to bring it to that level
:04:55. > :04:59.where it's even been at a committal hearing was pointless, and I don't
:05:00. > :05:03.understand why they put families continually through it.
:05:04. > :05:05.understand why they put families afternoon Seamus Daly left McGaw
:05:06. > :05:12.through prison where he has been held on remand for almost two years.
:05:13. > :05:14.He is no longer wanted in connection with the Omagh bombing, and it's
:05:15. > :05:21.understood police have no ongoing elites. For the families of all 29
:05:22. > :05:26.people killed, among them babies, children, a woman pregnant with
:05:27. > :05:27.twins, today leaves them with little prospect of anyone being prosecuted
:05:28. > :05:35.for their murders. I spoke to prosecutors this morning,
:05:36. > :05:38.they said they understood families would be disappointed, and they are,
:05:39. > :05:45.and in many cases they are both upset and angry. There are some
:05:46. > :05:48.relatives of those who were killed who want a full cross-border enquiry
:05:49. > :05:56.into what happened in the street behind me. But they are all resigned
:05:57. > :05:57.tonight that it looks highly unlikely there will ever be a
:05:58. > :05:58.criminal prosecution. Europe is on the cusp of a largely
:05:59. > :06:01.self-induced humanitarian crisis, according to the UN,
:06:02. > :06:03.as a bottleneck of thousands of migrants and refugees continues
:06:04. > :06:06.to build on the border of Greece, trapped by Macedonia's decision
:06:07. > :06:12.to close its border. New figures from the UN show 131,000
:06:13. > :06:15.migrants have already crossed into Europe by sea in 2016,
:06:16. > :06:17.that's 10 times more The most common route for those
:06:18. > :06:26.fleeing conflict in the middle east continues to be from Turkey
:06:27. > :06:28.across to the Greek Islands and then onto mainland Greece
:06:29. > :06:30.and up through Macedonia. But further north countries
:06:31. > :06:32.like Austria are defying pressure to relax their border restrictions
:06:33. > :06:35.and let more migrants in, as our Europe Editor Katya Adler
:06:36. > :06:41.reports now from Athens. Battered by the migrant crisis,
:06:42. > :06:47.struggling economically. In Greece things aren't
:06:48. > :06:51.what they used to be. This is Athens' old airport,
:06:52. > :06:55.now a makeshift refugee camp. Filled with angry, frustrated
:06:56. > :06:56.migrants, denied entry Macedonia has slammed
:06:57. > :07:03.its borders shut. People here are going
:07:04. > :07:06.nowhere, for now. The situation here
:07:07. > :07:09.is pretty desperate. Some are threatening
:07:10. > :07:12.to go on hunger strike here if the border to
:07:13. > :07:15.Macedonia doesn't open. Pressure points are building
:07:16. > :07:23.across Greece and it's not even yet the start of what's
:07:24. > :07:25.cynically known by some Greeks Greece has come under
:07:26. > :07:36.international fire for the poor treatment of migrants,
:07:37. > :07:38.but now, under pressure, the authorities here say
:07:39. > :07:41.they are doing their best. They've appealed for EU
:07:42. > :07:46.help, and they need it. To patrol their poorest coastline,
:07:47. > :07:51.stop boats coming over from Turkey, and deal
:07:52. > :07:54.with the bottleneck of asylum seekers on their islands,
:07:55. > :07:57.in Athens, and of course We are in Europe in
:07:58. > :08:03.2016, it is frankly beyond belief that we are standing
:08:04. > :08:06.here, looking as if this is a third More than 25,000 people
:08:07. > :08:12.are now stranded in Greece. The fear is that number
:08:13. > :08:15.could double, even triple by the end Greece's defence minister
:08:16. > :08:19.told me his country's northern neighbours were naive
:08:20. > :08:22.to close their borders The root of the problem,
:08:23. > :08:27.he said, lies elsewhere. If they all should want
:08:28. > :08:33.really to find a solution, don't press Greece,
:08:34. > :08:37.but press Turkey to operate, as we have agreed in
:08:38. > :08:42.Nato, and to accept back all of these people
:08:43. > :08:45.rescued in the Aegean Sea. And don't give the blame
:08:46. > :08:47.game to Greece. But there's many an EU country
:08:48. > :08:54.that does blame Greece. Unlike them, though,
:08:55. > :08:58.Greece can't put up a fence to stop migrants entering
:08:59. > :09:00.its thousands of mile long island With the EU in disarray
:09:01. > :09:07.and ahead of a crucial EU Turkey summit, the president
:09:08. > :09:11.of the European Council is now zooming round the continent,
:09:12. > :09:23.beginning today in irate Austria in an attempt
:09:24. > :09:27.to attempt to mediate. If he fails there is rising panic
:09:28. > :09:38.in Europe this country could turn This isn't just about small Greece
:09:39. > :09:41.struggling financially, powerful Germany is under
:09:42. > :09:43.huge political pressure. Neither country can afford
:09:44. > :09:45.another year with another million refugees and others
:09:46. > :09:47.landing on their doorstep. But EU cohesion and
:09:48. > :09:49.credibility are crumbling. The migrant crisis, or better put,
:09:50. > :09:51.the clumsy handling of it, Demolition of parts of the sprawling
:09:52. > :10:00.migrant camp in Calais that's become known as the "jungle"
:10:01. > :10:02.has been continuing. Officials say migrants can either
:10:03. > :10:04.move into converted containers in another part of the camp
:10:05. > :10:07.or similar accommodation centres But some migrants fear they'll be
:10:08. > :10:13.forced to claim asylum in France - instead of trying to claim
:10:14. > :10:16.in Britain instead. Key to reducing the flow of migrants
:10:17. > :10:19.into Europe is an end The temporary ceasefire brokered
:10:20. > :10:28.by Russia and America is largely holding,
:10:29. > :10:33.for now, though so-called Islamic State and the al
:10:34. > :10:35.Nusra Front, linked to Al Qaida, Our Correspondent Steve Rosenburg
:10:36. > :10:39.has been embedded with Russian forces in the Northern Syrian
:10:40. > :10:42.province of Latakia. He was taken to the villages
:10:43. > :10:44.of Kinseeba and Gunaymiyah The Russian army is taking us
:10:45. > :10:53.into the hills of western Syria. The Russians say they are using
:10:54. > :10:56.a pause in the fighting to encourage But judging by the armoured vehicle
:10:57. > :11:03.we are in, progress is slow. First stop is Gunaymiyah,
:11:04. > :11:06.five years of civil war left Now we are told people
:11:07. > :11:14.are starting to return home. Do you believe there
:11:15. > :11:16.will be peace in Syria, It was Russian air power that helped
:11:17. > :11:29.the Syrian army retake this But today the Russian
:11:30. > :11:35.military has brought aid, Today Moscow accused Turkey
:11:36. > :11:52.of smuggling weapons into Syria for rebel fighters,
:11:53. > :11:54.and of a provocative military build-up that could damage
:11:55. > :11:55.Syria's fragile peace. What happens next fits
:11:56. > :11:58.the Kremlin's narrative. A Russian general radios
:11:59. > :12:18.for an armoured personnel carrier. It's supposed to provide us cover
:12:19. > :12:21.as we and the other journalists "Now run for it!"
:12:22. > :12:34.shouts the general. After five years of civil war,
:12:35. > :12:37.you can understand why many people here are sceptical
:12:38. > :12:41.about the chances of peace. As we've seen the halt in fighting
:12:42. > :12:44.is only partial, it's Later the general claims
:12:45. > :12:53.that the blasts were artillery shells fired by terrorists
:12:54. > :12:57.from close to the Turkish border. But we cannot confirm what those
:12:58. > :13:01.explosions were, or Today Syria's president accused
:13:02. > :13:08.rebels of violating the agreement As the Syrian army we refrain
:13:09. > :13:15.from retaliating in order to give the chance for that
:13:16. > :13:18.agreement to survive. But at the end everything
:13:19. > :13:21.depends on the other side. Syrians are tired of war,
:13:22. > :13:24.but real peace still seems Shares in Barclays dropped sharply
:13:25. > :13:35.today after the bank reported Barclays also announced plans
:13:36. > :13:39.to sell its controlling stake in the bank's Africa operations,
:13:40. > :13:41.ending its presence on the continent Here's our economics
:13:42. > :13:46.editor, Kamal Ahmed. It's been travelling in one
:13:47. > :13:50.direction, and that's downward. Barclays' share price,
:13:51. > :13:52.a barometer of its financial health, Today, it sank by 8%, as the bank
:13:53. > :13:58.said it was cutting its dividend to investors, was struggling to make
:13:59. > :14:01.profits and was quitting Jes Staley is the bank's
:14:02. > :14:09.new Chief Executive, he told me the heart of Barclays,
:14:10. > :14:12.the UK business and Barclaycard, There are clearly challenges
:14:13. > :14:18.in running a bank given the regulatory response
:14:19. > :14:21.to the financial crisis and the conduct issues
:14:22. > :14:24.that banks are facing. But if you look inside of those
:14:25. > :14:27.numbers, and a lot what I'm going to focus on today,
:14:28. > :14:29.is Barclays has got a core franchise, which is a terrific
:14:30. > :14:32.set of businesses. We are eight years after
:14:33. > :14:36.the financial crisis, your annual results are still
:14:37. > :14:39.littered with conduct issues. You've got new provisions
:14:40. > :14:43.for payment protection mis-selling. When will banks, when can
:14:44. > :14:45.the public trust that banks I do believe the banks
:14:46. > :14:52.lost their way, 10, 15 years ago, and we lost a lot of trust
:14:53. > :14:56.through the financial crisis. We have an obligation
:14:57. > :15:00.to return that. I interviewed Jes Staley on the top
:15:01. > :15:04.floor of Barclays' steel and glass This building is almost
:15:05. > :15:13.from a different era, a time when banks were swashbuckling
:15:14. > :15:15.global businesses making billions of pounds of profit and sowing
:15:16. > :15:19.the seeds of the financial crisis. Jes Staley made it clear to me
:15:20. > :15:23.that this was a different time. A time of lower profits,
:15:24. > :15:26.a time of smaller bonus payments, It will be smaller here, Kenya,
:15:27. > :15:35.one of the countries affected by Barclays decision
:15:36. > :15:39.to pull out of Africa. Mr Staley said that regulatory rules
:15:40. > :15:42.made it too expensive, despite the economies being some
:15:43. > :15:47.of the fastest growing in the world. You go to places like Uganda
:15:48. > :15:54.and Kenya and the brand of Barclays is as strong there as it is in
:15:55. > :15:58.the UK, but we have to make some very difficult decisions if we're
:15:59. > :16:01.going to get Barclays into a focused, clear,
:16:02. > :16:04.compelling business model that generates returns
:16:05. > :16:08.for our shareholders. Those investors will need some
:16:09. > :16:10.persuading, not constantly changing It's not good for any bank to have
:16:11. > :16:18.four CEOs in five years. It's more like a Premiership
:16:19. > :16:21.football club than a major We had a CEO last year
:16:22. > :16:25.who was a lifetime retail banker, a CEO this year who's
:16:26. > :16:31.a lifetime investment banker. Not the towering giant it once was,
:16:32. > :16:34.but with 110,000 employees and, as a major contributor
:16:35. > :16:39.to our pensions, Mr Staley's He is the new broom,
:16:40. > :16:42.can he sweep the bank clean? Britain's most senior civil servant
:16:43. > :16:51.has sought to reassure ministers who want the UK to leave
:16:52. > :16:55.the European Union that they Some eurosceptic MPs had argued
:16:56. > :16:59.that it was unfair that access to certain material would only be
:17:00. > :17:01.given to ministers who backed But, appearing before MPs,
:17:02. > :17:05.Sir Jeremy Heywood said that was merely official
:17:06. > :17:13.Government policy. By tomorrow morning,
:17:14. > :17:15.Donald Trump may have all but won what many in his own party once
:17:16. > :17:21.considered unthinkable - the Republican nomination
:17:22. > :17:22.for President. Americans are voting now in what's
:17:23. > :17:24.known as Super Tuesday, when nearly a dozen states get
:17:25. > :17:27.to pick who will end up fighting If Trump secures enough votes,
:17:28. > :17:33.his momentum may prove unstoppable. For the Democratic Party,
:17:34. > :17:35.it's Hillary Clinton's chance to open up a credible gap
:17:36. > :17:37.with her rival, Bernie Sanders. Our North America editor,
:17:38. > :17:42.Jon Sopel, has more. Across 11 states, from Alaska
:17:43. > :17:45.in the far north-west to Vermont in the east, and across a vast
:17:46. > :17:51.swathe of the American south, voters are choosing who should
:17:52. > :17:53.be their candidate as President. If this was decided by media
:17:54. > :17:58.coverage alone, Donald Trump would already be in the White House,
:17:59. > :18:01.and he was on typically pugnacious You're going to win so much,
:18:02. > :18:06.you're going to call and say - please, Mr President,
:18:07. > :18:08.we're so tired of winning, And I'm going to say -
:18:09. > :18:17.no way, no way! We're going to make
:18:18. > :18:19.America great again. When Donald Trump arrives
:18:20. > :18:22.here later this evening, he's likely to have won 10 of the 11
:18:23. > :18:26.states up for grabs. In any other election cycle,
:18:27. > :18:29.that would have him referred But in the Republican high command,
:18:30. > :18:33.such is the fear over his divisiveness, he's seen
:18:34. > :18:38.as the problem. Over the weekend, Donald Trump
:18:39. > :18:41.sparked a whole news storm by refusing to disavow the support
:18:42. > :18:43.of the former grand wizard of the white supremacist
:18:44. > :18:48.group, the Ku Klux Klan. Would you just say, unequivocally,
:18:49. > :18:51.you condemn them and you don't I mean, I don't know what group
:18:52. > :18:58.you're talking about. Today, without naming Mr Trump,
:18:59. > :19:02.the country's most senior Republican, the Speaker
:19:03. > :19:04.of the House, Paul Ryan, Today, I want to be very
:19:05. > :19:09.clear about something. If a person wants to be the nominee
:19:10. > :19:12.of the Republican Party, there can be no
:19:13. > :19:16.evasion and no games. They must reject any group or cause
:19:17. > :19:26.that is built on bigotry. Donald Trump's rival,
:19:27. > :19:28.Senator Ted Cruz, who was voting of Texas today, was
:19:29. > :19:31.quick to seize on this. If Donald is the nominee,
:19:32. > :19:33.Hillary Clinton, in all The Bill of Rights is
:19:34. > :19:38.lost for a generation. We're buried in debt and the future
:19:39. > :19:41.of our kids and grandkids He built Trump Towers with illegal
:19:42. > :19:44.immigrants from Poland. It's a theme the other Republican
:19:45. > :19:47.frontrunner, Senator Marco Rubio, On the Democratic side,
:19:48. > :19:52.Hillary Clinton is poised to do equally well, finding time to stop
:19:53. > :19:58.for coffee in Minnesota. Her campaign seems transformed
:19:59. > :20:00.in the past 10 days. Which isn't to say that her
:20:01. > :20:06.socialist rival, Bernie Sanders, is sinking, but he is going
:20:07. > :20:09.to struggle to stay afloat if Hillary Clinton does as well
:20:10. > :20:12.tonight as the polls are predicting. Jon Sopel, BBC News,
:20:13. > :20:25.Florida. How long before people will have
:20:26. > :20:28.to work until their mid-70s before A review of the state pension
:20:29. > :20:32.age has been announced, prompting experts to warn people
:20:33. > :20:35.to expect to work for longer before Our business editor,
:20:36. > :20:38.Simon Jack, is here. Simon, working until our mid-70s,
:20:39. > :20:43.is that really what lies ahead? For some of us, no, for some other
:20:44. > :20:46.of us, almost certainly, depends how old you are. We are living longer.
:20:47. > :20:48.That is fantastic news. It means in the future it's going to get
:20:49. > :20:51.expensive to provide a state pension. So the law mandates that
:20:52. > :20:57.every Parliament they have a review of the age at which you qualify for
:20:58. > :21:02.a state pension. Will that mean me, many people will ask? Depend with
:21:03. > :21:05.me. It depends how old you are. If were born 1961 or before the review
:21:06. > :21:10.will not affect you. If you were born in the 1970s you could be
:21:11. > :21:14.nudging 6 # before you qualified. Born in the 1980, early 7 o 0s.
:21:15. > :21:19.People entering the workforce now may well have to work into their mid
:21:20. > :21:27.70s before they qualify for a state pension. One third of all people
:21:28. > :21:31.born today will live to 100 it will be very expensive many years in the
:21:32. > :21:34.in the future. That is what the Government is trying to get a grip
:21:35. > :21:39.on. We will know the results whether it applies to you by May 2017. I can
:21:40. > :21:53.hardly wait. Thanks very much. The tech giant Apple has warned
:21:54. > :21:57.the US congress that there is more that can be stolen from your phone
:21:58. > :21:59.than from your house. The company is under pressure
:22:00. > :22:02.to comply with a government request to produce software that
:22:03. > :22:04.can unlock any iPhone. The FBI wants Apple to unlock
:22:05. > :22:07.the phone of a man who carried a terrorist attack in
:22:08. > :22:08.California last December. Aleem Maqbool reports
:22:09. > :22:12.from Washington. 14 people died, many more were
:22:13. > :22:15.injured in the terrorist attack in San Bernardino. The killers, who had
:22:16. > :22:17.opened fire at an office party, later died in a shoot-out. Withle
:22:18. > :22:20.them, they took many of their secrets. They did leave behind a
:22:21. > :22:23.phone. One that was locked. Apple has refusedlet FBI's request to help
:22:24. > :22:26.unlock it. Do you swear the testimony... This public battle
:22:27. > :22:30.between one of the world's biggest companies and one of its most
:22:31. > :22:33.powerful intelligence agencies was fought today before Congress. It's a
:22:34. > :22:38.battle that could have implications for all of us. This case, in San
:22:39. > :22:41.Bernardino, is not about the FBI. It's not about Apple. It's not about
:22:42. > :22:45.Congress, it's not about anything other than trying to do a an
:22:46. > :22:51.investigation in an ongoing active case. That said, of course any
:22:52. > :22:56.decision by a judge in any form is going to be potentially press
:22:57. > :23:01.Denningsal. What exactly is the FBI demanding of Apple? If your iPhone
:23:02. > :23:07.is locked you have ten attempts to put in a password. After that all
:23:08. > :23:12.data is erased. The FBI wants Apple to writ new software to disable that
:23:13. > :23:19.function so you can bombard a phone with thousands of passwords until
:23:20. > :23:23.one opens it. Apple is not happy. O... To order us to give them
:23:24. > :23:27.something we don't have. To create an operating system that does not
:23:28. > :23:30.exist. The reason it doesn't exist is because it would be too
:23:31. > :23:34.dangerous. Some of you may have an iPhone in your pocket right now. If
:23:35. > :23:38.you think about, it there's probably more information stored on that
:23:39. > :23:43.device than a thief could steal by breaking into your house. The only
:23:44. > :23:52.way we know to protect that data is through strong encryption. There are
:23:53. > :23:58.those who are sceptical about Apple's stance. Others have genuine
:23:59. > :24:06.concerns that if the FBI forces them to comply, that makes iPhones around
:24:07. > :24:07.the world more vulnerable to attack. Aleem Maqbool, BBC News, whack
:24:08. > :24:17.tonne. -- Washington. The threat of the Zika virus
:24:18. > :24:20.reaching the US has come a step closer as America's Centre
:24:21. > :24:23.for Disease Control is warning that hundreds of thousands of people
:24:24. > :24:25.in the US territory of Puerto Rico could become infected
:24:26. > :24:27.in the coming months, leading to thousands of brain
:24:28. > :24:30.damaged babies and the possible spread of infection
:24:31. > :24:31.in America itself. Our global health correspondent,
:24:32. > :24:33.Tulip Mazumdar, has been given rare access to the Centre's Situation
:24:34. > :24:36.Room in Atlanta and its scientists It might not look like it,
:24:37. > :24:41.but this tropical island Welcome to the front-line
:24:42. > :24:47.of the US's fight against Zika. Millions of American tourists
:24:48. > :24:49.come here every year, a major concern though
:24:50. > :24:51.is what they're taking These are the Zika-transmitting
:24:52. > :24:59.Aedes aegypti mosquitoes On the menu, pig's blood,
:25:00. > :25:08.served at skin temperature. They're being bred in this lab
:25:09. > :25:12.for research into insecticides. These tiny creatures have been
:25:13. > :25:14.here in Puerto Rico spreading dengue Then, a couple of years ago,
:25:15. > :25:21.they started transmitting After that, at the start of this
:25:22. > :25:26.year, Zika came along, with that link to babies
:25:27. > :25:28.being born brain damaged. Worryingly, the insecticides used
:25:29. > :25:32.to kill these mosquitoes are no longer working as well
:25:33. > :25:39.as they used to. These mosquitoes are resistant
:25:40. > :25:41.to one of the most commonly used Permethrin is an insecticide that
:25:42. > :25:48.has been used in Puerto Rico but also in the rest
:25:49. > :25:51.of the Americas for many years. Scientists are now racing to find
:25:52. > :25:54.other chemicals that The insects can breathe and thrive
:25:55. > :26:04.in just a few drops of water. Permethrin might not be 100%
:26:05. > :26:09.effective, but fumigators are out on the streets spraying
:26:10. > :26:11.entire neighbourhoods, Here, we're talking about,
:26:12. > :26:17.if you're pregnant, what to do about the Zika and how
:26:18. > :26:19.to protect your baby. Zika isn't considered particularly
:26:20. > :26:26.harmful to most people, authorities are focussing
:26:27. > :26:27.on protecting pregnant women because of that link
:26:28. > :26:30.to babies being born As I told you, I use
:26:31. > :26:47.repellent every day. I'm very worried about this
:26:48. > :26:53.because any woman doesn't want a baby microcephaly because it's
:26:54. > :26:56.a very sad disease. This is the emergency
:26:57. > :26:57.operation centre. 1,500 miles away, at the Centers
:26:58. > :26:59.for Disease Control headquarters in Atlanta, the man who's advising
:27:00. > :27:02.the President on this global health emergency is preparing
:27:03. > :27:05.for the worst. In Puerto Rico we expect
:27:06. > :27:08.that there will likely be hundreds of thousands of infections
:27:09. > :27:12.and potentially hundreds or thousands of women who are
:27:13. > :27:22.pregnant who welcome infected. What's new and different
:27:23. > :27:25.and frightening is this rate of birth defects and there's
:27:26. > :27:28.a lot we don't know. Back at the lab scientists
:27:29. > :27:30.continue the fight against They need answers fast
:27:31. > :27:33.to stop the spread of this Tulip Mazumdar, BBC
:27:34. > :27:40.News, Puerto Rico. The skies above north-east Scotland
:27:41. > :27:42.were alight last night. It was probably caused
:27:43. > :27:50.by a meteor shower. Many people reported seeing
:27:51. > :27:57.what looked like a fireball and a bright flash, others reported
:27:58. > :28:00.hearing the rumbling sound caused Most meteors aren't seen
:28:01. > :28:03.by the naked eye, this one was thought to have been about 10cm
:28:04. > :28:06.wide and travelling It's the biggest and oldest survey
:28:07. > :28:46.of its kind in the world. In the next week, all the surviving
:28:47. > :28:49.participants turn 70. It started in March 1946,
:28:50. > :28:54.when scientists began to monitor There are still more than 3,000
:28:55. > :28:56.taking part in regular checks and surveys to track the many
:28:57. > :28:58.changes they've experienced As our social affairs correspondent,
:28:59. > :29:02.Michael Buchanan, reports there have They are perhaps the most
:29:03. > :29:05.studied people on earth. Since they were born,
:29:06. > :29:07.their lives have shaped how Over the coming days,
:29:08. > :29:11.every one of them will celebrate All were born within a week
:29:12. > :29:14.of each other in 1946. Margaret Allen has been weighed
:29:15. > :29:17.and measured her entire life. As she's aged the tests have
:29:18. > :29:19.changed, less reading and writing, more mental and physical
:29:20. > :29:21.health assessments. A wholly rewarding experience,
:29:22. > :29:22.she says, particularly You just felt that -
:29:23. > :29:29.oh, OK, so the others there getting on with whatever
:29:30. > :29:34.it was we were doing and I was taken out and I was chatted to and did
:29:35. > :29:37.various tests and things like that. These cards contain the details
:29:38. > :29:39.of the first survey Nearly 3,000 are still being
:29:40. > :29:53.studied, work funded To thank the participants,
:29:54. > :29:56.each year they're sent So what is the key lesson
:29:57. > :30:00.after seven decades of research? We need to invest in child health
:30:01. > :30:03.and wellbeing much more in this country, in terms of health
:30:04. > :30:06.and education and it's that investment, as a society,
:30:07. > :30:08.that will make us all richer The study has however already
:30:09. > :30:11.changed our lives over The original survey led
:30:12. > :30:17.to all women being offered pain Comprehensive schools
:30:18. > :30:26.were introduced after data showed bright, but poor children
:30:27. > :30:28.were failing to get into grammar schools and the creation
:30:29. > :30:31.of Sure Start centres can be traced to evidence showing the importance
:30:32. > :30:33.of children being supported As participants like
:30:34. > :30:43.Ken Ashton have aged, they're now studied
:30:44. > :30:44.for different reasons. Questions about a child's growth
:30:45. > :30:47.and diet replaced by research into dementia and
:30:48. > :30:48.Parkinson's disease. I'm very proud to be
:30:49. > :30:56.part of this study. Information is fine,
:30:57. > :30:58.but information with a context, particularly over a broad stretch
:30:59. > :31:01.of people, and all within the same Today's party celebrated
:31:02. > :31:08.a remarkable research project. It's success has spawned
:31:09. > :31:11.many other inquiries. It's now estimated that one
:31:12. > :31:13.in 30 British people Tonight, we have a special
:31:14. > :31:24.investigation into what put a stop to a police inquiry into abuse
:31:25. > :31:26.in South London childrens' homes. Starting now on BBC Two,
:31:27. > :31:34.11.00pm in Scotland. Here, on BBC One, it's time
:31:35. > :31:38.for the news where you are.