:00:13. > :00:17.Violent protests in Bahrain, on the eve of the Grand Prix.
:00:17. > :00:20.Thousands of people take to the streets again, after the death of a
:00:20. > :00:22.protester. Security forces are accused of the
:00:22. > :00:30.killing. Tonight, Britain urges Bahrain's
:00:30. > :00:34.government to act with restraint. Dozens are seriously injured, after
:00:34. > :00:44.two trains collide near Amsterdam. Tributes have been paid to the
:00:44. > :00:48.Labour peer and disability campaigner, Lord Ashley, who's died.
:00:48. > :00:58.And, a classic finish, to finish off El Classico. Real Madrid beat
:00:58. > :01:07.
:01:07. > :01:10.Barcelona in the battle for the Good evening, There have been more
:01:10. > :01:14.violent clashes between protesters and police in Bahrain, where the
:01:14. > :01:17.Formula 1 Grand Prix is scheduled to go ahead tomorrow.
:01:17. > :01:21.A protester has been found dead. Opposition parties say he was
:01:21. > :01:23.killed by riot police. Tonight, the Foreign Secretary William Hague
:01:23. > :01:33.called on Bahrain's government to exercise restraint. Our
:01:33. > :01:35.
:01:35. > :01:39.correspondent Dan Roan is in Bahrain and sent this report.
:01:39. > :01:43.Violent protests on the streets of borrowing, as demonstrators and
:01:43. > :01:48.security forces clashed. Thousands of demonstrators demanding
:01:48. > :01:53.political reform, many bitterly opposed to the Grand Prix taking
:01:53. > :01:57.place here. With News at One of their own has died. These pictures
:01:58. > :02:06.appear to show the body of a protester, up on the roof where he
:02:06. > :02:12.was found dead. A cameraman appears to come under fire from security
:02:12. > :02:16.forces as he records the scene. The victim was 37, it is claimed he was
:02:16. > :02:22.killed by shotgun pellets fired by police. The investigation into his
:02:22. > :02:26.death is under way. The government claimed they found his body. At the
:02:26. > :02:30.same time, youths are being surrounded by armoured vehicles,
:02:31. > :02:37.they had been arrested. Just because the government wants it to
:02:37. > :02:47.seem like it is completely quiet while the Formula One takes place.
:02:47. > :02:50.This is a fortress in the desert, a heightened security presence. The
:02:50. > :02:58.drivers are here simply to drive, their eyes are firmly on the road
:02:58. > :03:04.ahead and tomorrow's race. John Todd is the -- Jean Todt was asked
:03:04. > :03:09.whether the death of a protester changed things? I feel very
:03:09. > :03:16.comfortable, having the race in Bahrain, after a great Grand Prix
:03:16. > :03:20.we had in China last week. Before going in three weeks have to
:03:20. > :03:25.Barcelona for the first Europe Grand Prix. The Crown Prince
:03:25. > :03:32.arrived at the track today as qualifying took place, part of the
:03:32. > :03:37.Sunni royalty struggling to contain the anger of the Shia majority. He
:03:37. > :03:42.has defied calls for the event to be cancelled, despite the inability
:03:42. > :03:46.of the sport's governing body to guarantee a trouble-free race. It
:03:46. > :03:51.emerged that Foreign Secretary had called his counterpart in Bahrain
:03:51. > :03:54.to express his concern at the violence here, to call for
:03:54. > :04:01.restraint when dealing with the protests, and to urge further
:04:01. > :04:07.reforms. There has been restrained by the security forces. One must
:04:07. > :04:12.not forget that some small minority of those protesters resort to
:04:12. > :04:18.violence. Today's qualifying session took place against a
:04:18. > :04:22.backdrop of virtually empty Grand stands. Sebastian Vettel back on
:04:22. > :04:28.pole position for the first time this season. This is a race weekend
:04:28. > :04:32.like the weather, when taking risks is expected, but a decision to defy
:04:32. > :04:36.critics and drive through with the most controversial of races could
:04:36. > :04:39.be its biggest gamble yet. Two passenger trains have collided
:04:39. > :04:42."head-on" outside the Dutch city of Amsterdam. The accident has left
:04:42. > :04:46.more than 60 people injured, many of them seriously. It's not yet
:04:46. > :04:48.known what caused the crash, but neither train is said to have come
:04:48. > :04:56.off the rails. Our world affairs correspondent Caroline Hawley
:04:56. > :05:00.reports. Slowly, Caerphilly, the injured are
:05:00. > :05:05.brought to safety. Casualties of a head-on collision between two
:05:05. > :05:10.crowded trains. The crash took place at 6:30pm, throwing
:05:10. > :05:19.passengers around the carriages in a terrifying ordeal. Many suffered
:05:19. > :05:23.neck injuries and broken bones. Some are very seriously hurt. The
:05:23. > :05:26.emergency services are said to have a right quickly. But the rescue
:05:26. > :05:31.effort was slow. Some of the injured had to be lifted out by
:05:31. > :05:38.crane. The operation was complicated because of the elevated
:05:38. > :05:43.track. A police spokeswoman said hundreds of passengers had been on
:05:43. > :05:47.board but it was too early to say what had caused the crash.
:05:47. > :05:50.Investigators will want to know how two chains, won a high-speed
:05:50. > :05:53.service and one in local service, were on the same track at the same
:05:53. > :05:57.time. The United Nations Security Council
:05:57. > :05:59.has voted to increase, to 300, the number of observers in Syria
:05:59. > :06:03.monitoring a ceasefire agreed between government and rebel forces.
:06:03. > :06:11.Today, the first small group of UN monitors entered the city of Homs
:06:11. > :06:14.which, before the ceasefire, had seen some of the fiercest fighting.
:06:14. > :06:17.There was shooting nearby as they were shown around the city,
:06:17. > :06:22.although the monitors themselves are not thought to have come under
:06:22. > :06:27.attack. Our Middle East correspondent Jim
:06:27. > :06:35.Muir is in Beirut. 300 more monitors. But exactly how much of a
:06:35. > :06:39.ceasefire is there on the ground in Syria, for them to monitor?
:06:40. > :06:48.As you can see there, they did have an effect in bringing down the
:06:48. > :06:55.level of violence in Homs, during that visit. But in other parts of
:06:55. > :07:02.the country, activists say more than 30 people were killed, in
:07:02. > :07:05.incidences, a lot in the far north, others in the south in Deraa. A few
:07:05. > :07:09.others scattered around, some shelling involved there. The
:07:09. > :07:15.presence of the observers on the ground does seem to make a
:07:15. > :07:19.difference. In Homs, the level of casualties was right down. They
:07:19. > :07:25.decided to leave two observers there permanently for that reason.
:07:25. > :07:31.Keeping tabs on everything is difficult. After they talked to
:07:31. > :07:36.people in Homs, in one of the worst quarters, apparently those people
:07:36. > :07:44.were beaten up and arrested for talking to the observers. Difficult
:07:44. > :07:50.to monitor that, plus, they have to monitor the other side as well.
:07:50. > :07:55.Government TV is showing bombs activists have killed people Web.
:07:55. > :07:59.So there are two asides to the story and the observers have to be
:07:59. > :08:02.across all of it. Gun salutes have taken place across
:08:02. > :08:05.the UK today, to celebrate the Queen's 86th birthday. At Edinburgh
:08:05. > :08:14.Castle, large crowds turned out to watch a 21-gun salute by 105
:08:14. > :08:18.Regiment Royal Artillery. The Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb has
:08:18. > :08:21.shown signs of recovery, after waking from a coma. The 62 year old
:08:21. > :08:31.had contracted pneumonia in his battle against colon and liver
:08:31. > :08:31.
:08:31. > :08:41.cancer. Tributes have been paid to the
:08:41. > :08:44.Labour peer Jack Ashley, who's died after a short illness. He was 89. A
:08:44. > :08:47.life-long disability rights campaigner, Lord Ashley, who lost
:08:47. > :08:50.his hearing in his forties, had a long and successful career at
:08:50. > :08:53.Westminster. David Cameron said he'd made a major contribution to
:08:53. > :09:00.public life. While Ed Miliband said he'd be remembered with "deep
:09:00. > :09:03.affection". Carole Walker looks back on Lord Ashley's life.
:09:03. > :09:07.Lord Ashley commanded huge respect and affection across political
:09:07. > :09:09.lines. But he was not afraid of confrontation as he fought for the
:09:09. > :09:13.rights of the underprivileged and disabled.
:09:13. > :09:16.What is happening today is disabled people are expressing their great
:09:16. > :09:23.anger at the refusal of the government to give them proper
:09:23. > :09:26.legislative rights. He worked for the BBC in the 1960s. This is a
:09:26. > :09:31.documentary he made about life on the dole. Many unemployed people
:09:31. > :09:37.have told me queueing for the dole is humiliating. Is there any way
:09:37. > :09:40.you can... He went on to campaign for the disadvantaged in Parliament.
:09:40. > :09:44.Jack Ashley was MP for Stoke the 26 years, although he almost stood
:09:44. > :09:53.down when he lost his hearing in a routine operation two years after
:09:53. > :09:56.winning his seat. Normally, he used to sit in the front bench because,
:09:56. > :10:00.if he asked a question, the Prime Minister's answer would be typed
:10:00. > :10:09.out, and would be on a little screen. Colleagues remember a
:10:09. > :10:12.determined campaigner. His whole life was devoted to dealing with
:10:12. > :10:22.the problem that he faced, which was disability. He proved that if
:10:22. > :10:23.
:10:23. > :10:26.you really do work at it, and campaign, you can make progress.
:10:26. > :10:28.When Jack entered Parliament, there was no provision for disabled
:10:28. > :10:34.people on access to the built environment. There were no
:10:35. > :10:38.allowances. He leaves a much better legacy than was left to him.
:10:38. > :10:46.Lord Ashley will be remembered as the champion of the rights of
:10:46. > :10:52.disabled people, who changed laws and public attitudes.
:10:52. > :10:54.Sport now. And for a full round up of all the day's action, here's
:10:54. > :10:57.Katie Gornall at the BBC Sport Centre.
:10:57. > :11:00.Good evening. It was an eventful day for teams at
:11:00. > :11:04.the top and bottom of the Premier League, as the fight for survival
:11:04. > :11:08.and the race for the Champions League places took a few twists and
:11:08. > :11:12.turns. Match of the Day follows the news here on BBC One. If you don't
:11:12. > :11:18.want to know the scores, then now's the time to avert your eyes and
:11:18. > :11:20.Newcastle United are up to fourth in the table, after a convincing
:11:20. > :11:23.victory over Stoke. Spurs, meanwhile, dropped to fifth,
:11:23. > :11:26.after slipping up at Queen's Park Rangers. Rangers are now three
:11:26. > :11:29.points clear of the relegation zone. An impressive win for Blackburn
:11:29. > :11:33.wasn't enough to lift them out of the bottom three.
:11:33. > :11:36.But they climbed above Bolton, who were held to a 1-1 draw by Swansea.
:11:36. > :11:38.Meanwhile, Wigan's survival hopes suffered a setback, after a last
:11:38. > :11:40.minute defeat at Fulham. Elsewhere, the matches at Arsenal,
:11:40. > :11:44.and Aston Villa both finished goalless.
:11:44. > :11:47.In the Championship: Southampton missed the chance to seal promotion,
:11:47. > :11:51.and handed the title to Reading, as they lost 2-1 to Middlesbrough.
:11:51. > :11:53.At the other end of the table: The fate of Portsmouth was confirmed.
:11:53. > :11:55.They went down 2-1 against Derby, and were relegated.
:11:55. > :11:59.As were Coventry. They'll both join Doncaster in
:11:59. > :12:02.League One next season. To Scottish football now. Dundee
:12:02. > :12:05.United edged closer to Champions League football, after victory in
:12:05. > :12:08.the SPL over 10-man St Johnstone. Scott Robertson scored after 32
:12:08. > :12:11.minutes, and John Rankin got the second in stoppage time, as United
:12:11. > :12:17.leapfrogged their hosts to move within three points of third-placed
:12:17. > :12:19.Motherwell. Elsewhere, there were wins for
:12:19. > :12:27.Rangers and Aberdeen. But Dunfermline remain bottom, despite
:12:27. > :12:30.On Tuesday, Barcelona welcome Chelsea to Camp Nou for the return
:12:30. > :12:34.leg of their Champions League semi- final. But first, Pep Guardiola's
:12:34. > :12:37.side had the small matter of El Classico to deal with. Tonight,
:12:37. > :12:47.Barca hosted Real Madrid, knowing defeat would leave their rivals 7
:12:47. > :12:52.
:12:52. > :13:01.points clear at the top of La Liga. The greatest club much in the world.
:13:01. > :13:10.Chelsea's task was to spot the witnesses in Barcelona. But here,
:13:10. > :13:15.of Real Madrid went one up. Lionel Messi drove them for it. They had
:13:15. > :13:23.to keep battering at the door and eventually, scrappily, the ball
:13:23. > :13:26.went in. The game was equal for two minutes. Lionel Messi gets so many
:13:26. > :13:36.mentions, the achievements of Cristiano Ronaldo have been almost
:13:36. > :13:37.
:13:37. > :13:43.overlooked. Call number 54, the altar mat. -- goal number 54, the
:13:43. > :13:46.ultimate. So, Barcelona will play Chelsea. Stephen Hendry rolled back
:13:46. > :13:49.the years, to make a breath-taking start at the World Snooker
:13:49. > :13:52.Championships. The 43 year old produced a maximum 147 break in his
:13:53. > :13:55.first round match against Stuart Bingham at the Crucible. The seven-
:13:55. > :14:02.time champion, who's not won the tournament since 1999, leads
:14:02. > :14:05.Bingham by 7 frames to 1. In Rugby Union's Premiership:
:14:05. > :14:11.Harlequins and Leicester played out a classic at the Stoop. The Tigers
:14:11. > :14:14.recovered from a 13 points deficit, to beat the league leaders 43-33.
:14:14. > :14:19.Thomas Waldrom's second try of the game sealed the win, and saw
:14:19. > :14:23.Leicester leapfrog Saracens into second place.
:14:23. > :14:27.In tennis: Great Britain's women trail Sweden by two rubbers to nil,
:14:27. > :14:30.in their Fed Cup World Group two play-off. GB's number one, Elena
:14:30. > :14:34.Baltacha, lost in straight sets to Joanna Larsson. While Anne
:14:34. > :14:39.Keothavong lost to Sofia Arvidsson, once again in straight sets.
:14:39. > :14:42.That's all from the BBC Sport Centre.
:14:42. > :14:49.A reminder of the main news tonight. Violence continues in Bahrain,
:14:49. > :14:52.ahead of tomorrow's Grand Prix. A protester is killed and the British
:14:52. > :14:55.government urges restraint. You can see more on all of today's stories
:14:55. > :15:05.on the BBC News Channel. From me and the team here,
:15:05. > :15:10.
:15:10. > :15:15.Good evening. If you think you've seen a lot of rain over the last
:15:15. > :15:20.few days, think again, wait until next week, it could be better.
:15:20. > :15:26.There have been some heavy showers. They are fading away but some will
:15:26. > :15:31.linger in parts of northern England in particular. And some showers
:15:31. > :15:37.along the southern coastal areas. It could turn quite chilly, in some
:15:37. > :15:41.rural areas not far from freezing. There is a chance a few showers
:15:41. > :15:47.could move into London in the morning. But it should be a bright
:15:47. > :15:53.and cold start for the London Marathon. Difficult to pinpoint the
:15:53. > :15:57.detail but many of us will catch a shower and they could be heavy.
:15:57. > :16:03.Some bright weather across Scotland. Grey and damp over the east coast.
:16:03. > :16:09.A lot of showers for northern England into Eastern Counties.
:16:09. > :16:14.Temperatures up and down, 14 the best in the sunshine. Across the