:00:09. > :00:12.China Sea that could be debris from the missing Malaysia Airlines
:00:13. > :00:15.flight. Relatives of those on board are told to prepare for the worst,
:00:16. > :00:19.as investigators focus on two passengers travelling on stolen
:00:20. > :00:21.passports. As thousands demonstrate their
:00:22. > :00:24.support for Russia in Crimea, President Putin tells David Cameron
:00:25. > :00:30.he wants to find a peaceful solution to the stand off.
:00:31. > :00:33.Fixing a hole - the Government gives an extra ?140 million to repair
:00:34. > :00:41.roads after the recent rain and floods.
:00:42. > :00:42.And England beat Wales in the Six Nations at Twickenham to lift their
:00:43. > :01:04.first triple crown in a decade. Good evening. Vietnam's civil
:01:05. > :01:07.aviation authority says an aircraft has spotted an object suspected to
:01:08. > :01:14.be from the Malaysian plane that disappeared over the South China
:01:15. > :01:19.Sea. The Boeing 777 with 239 people on board vanished from radar as it
:01:20. > :01:21.travelled towards Beijing. Interpol confirmed today that two of the
:01:22. > :01:31.passengers were travelling on stolen passports - they are thought to have
:01:32. > :01:37.bought their tickets together. John Sudworth reports from Beijing.
:01:38. > :01:42.It's 48 hours since Flight MH370 went missing and for the relatives,
:01:43. > :01:47.there's little hope left. This woman's sister-in-law was on board.
:01:48. > :01:52.We're praying for a miracle, she tells me. 40 ships and 20 planes
:01:53. > :01:57.from seven different countries are involved in the search. The only
:01:58. > :02:03.possible clue so far is this oil slick lying far out in the South
:02:04. > :02:07.China Sea. And international intelligence agencies are now
:02:08. > :02:13.involved. The Malaysia Airlines passenger list shows two men as
:02:14. > :02:19.being on board - and Austrian and an Italian. But in fact, neither of
:02:20. > :02:26.them were on the plane. Both have had their passports stolen in
:02:27. > :02:29.Thailand. This man, who lives in Thailand, held a press conference
:02:30. > :02:34.there today, saying he reported the theft to the police last year. When
:02:35. > :02:43.they came back to Italy I talked to the Italian police to say I'd lost
:02:44. > :02:48.my passport. As some of the religion is prepared to spend a second bite
:02:49. > :02:52.in this Beijing hotel, Interpol has confirmed the two passports were
:02:53. > :02:55.entered into its lost and stolen database but that there was no
:02:56. > :03:00.record of any immigration authority having searched for them. It is just
:03:01. > :03:04.one line of enquiry into this missing aircraft but relevant or
:03:05. > :03:11.not, it has revealed a worrying gap in airport security. With 154 of its
:03:12. > :03:16.citizens missing, China is sending warships to help with the search. It
:03:17. > :03:20.also emerged today that officials now believe the plane may have
:03:21. > :03:26.turned back before it disappeared, so the search area has been widened.
:03:27. > :03:32.For the families, if it did turn back, it only deepens the mystery as
:03:33. > :03:36.to why no distress signal was sent. While they wait for answers, they've
:03:37. > :03:39.been told by the airline to prepare for the worst.
:03:40. > :03:42.President Putin has told David Cameron that he does want to find a
:03:43. > :03:47.peaceful solution to the crisis in Ukraine. After a phone call between
:03:48. > :03:49.the two men today, Downing Street said Mr Putin would consider
:03:50. > :03:53.proposals that could lead to direct talks between Moscow and the new
:03:54. > :03:56.government in Kiev. Across Ukraine it's been a day of demonstration and
:03:57. > :04:08.counter demonstration, as Ben Brown reports from the Crimean city of
:04:09. > :04:13.Sevastapol. Ukrainians celebrate the birth 200
:04:14. > :04:17.years ago of one of their great poets, but Crimea is a volatile
:04:18. > :04:22.place right now and there is soon menace in the air. This was a
:04:23. > :04:26.Ukrainian rally but these Russian protesters have turned up to try and
:04:27. > :04:30.gate-crash it and argue their case that Crimea should be part of
:04:31. > :04:37.Russia, not Ukraine. Passions here are certainly running higher than
:04:38. > :04:44.ever. Arguments break out between the two sides. A Russian is kicked
:04:45. > :04:48.to the ground and then, in a car park nearby, Russians attack
:04:49. > :04:52.Ukrainians. A driver has his windscreen smashed. Others are
:04:53. > :04:56.beaten up in these bushes. Russians punch and kick them and lash them
:04:57. > :05:02.with whips. We were threatened but managed to escape. At another
:05:03. > :05:11.Ukrainian rally in the capital, Kiev, the new interim prime minister
:05:12. > :05:18.was defiant. TRANSLATION: This is our land. Our parents and
:05:19. > :05:24.grandparents spilled their blood for it. We will not give up a single
:05:25. > :05:31.centimetre. Let Russia and the Russian president know this. But
:05:32. > :05:36.Russian forces are building up their defences along the Crimean border -
:05:37. > :05:43.all part of Moscow's ever tightening stranglehold. The Ukrainians call
:05:44. > :05:49.this an army of occupation. Russians have been holding their own
:05:50. > :05:52.rallies, as well, and a week today they'll have a chance to vote in a
:05:53. > :05:56.referendum - to be part of Russia not Ukraine. These people are
:05:57. > :05:59.confident it's a referendum they will win.
:06:00. > :06:02.One of Britain's most senior judges says he has no memory of being a
:06:03. > :06:05.founder member of a campaign to defend a paedophile group that
:06:06. > :06:09.attempted to legalise sex with children in the 1970s. The Mail on
:06:10. > :06:15.Sunday claims Lord Justice Fulford did work to support members of the
:06:16. > :06:22.Paedophile Information Exchange. Our legal affairs correspondent Clive
:06:23. > :06:26.Coleman is here. What is the judge saying about this? This is Lord
:06:27. > :06:31.Justice Fulford, a very senior judge who was made a High Court judge in
:06:32. > :06:34.2002. He's been in charge of some of the most high profile criminal
:06:35. > :06:41.trials of recent years, including the trial of the four men who were
:06:42. > :06:47.found to be guilty of the 21st of July 2005 London bomb plot. The Mail
:06:48. > :06:51.on Sunday article says he is a founder member of this campaign to
:06:52. > :06:53.support what was known as PIE, the Paedophile Information Exchange, at
:06:54. > :07:00.a time when they were campaigning to have the age of consent lowered to
:07:01. > :07:04.just four. They say, for instance, he organised demonstrations outside
:07:05. > :07:10.a court where PIE members were on trial and had meetings to discuss
:07:11. > :07:13.tactics with the chair of PIE. In a fairly lengthy response, Lord
:07:14. > :07:17.Justice Fulford has said that he has no memory of the foundation or the
:07:18. > :07:22.detailed work of this campaign. He says any work that he did do was in
:07:23. > :07:26.relation to a criminal offence called outraging the public morals
:07:27. > :07:29.and, at the time, he believed that offence could inappropriately
:07:30. > :07:35.discriminate against individuals and groups and that was why he was
:07:36. > :07:37.involved. But he says that he never supported the objectives of PIE,
:07:38. > :07:41.which was the abuse of children, which he regards as wholly wrong.
:07:42. > :07:44.Clive, thank you. Nick Clegg has gone on the attack
:07:45. > :07:48.against UKIP, warning voters to be wary of the smiling man in the pub
:07:49. > :07:51.who wants Britain to leave Europe. The reference to UKIP leader Nigel
:07:52. > :07:53.Farage was part of a unashamedly pro-European speech at the Liberal
:07:54. > :08:01.Democrat spring conference in York, from where Vicki Young sent this
:08:02. > :08:06.report. They've had a taste of power but
:08:07. > :08:11.will Nick Clegg and his aspiring MPs be rewarded or punished for their
:08:12. > :08:15.role in government? There's a big test on the horizon with European
:08:16. > :08:18.elections. Mr Clegg wants them to be a fight between the Lib Dems and
:08:19. > :08:22.UKIP so guess who this was referring to. And ungenerous, backwards
:08:23. > :08:29.looking politics has emerged in Britain. The politics of blame has
:08:30. > :08:32.found an accent above face. It wears a big smile and looks like someone
:08:33. > :08:37.you could have a pint with down the pub. Mr Clegg has Nigel Farage in
:08:38. > :08:41.his sights and says the Lib Dems will fight to keep Britain in the
:08:42. > :08:46.EU. He praised the guts and courage the party had shown in Coalition. So
:08:47. > :08:53.don't let anyone airbrush out our role. Nick Clegg is concerned that
:08:54. > :08:56.British politics has become too negative so this is an appeal to all
:08:57. > :09:02.those who want a modern, open, tolerant society. An appeal, too, to
:09:03. > :09:07.voters to give Liberal Democrats another chance in government in the
:09:08. > :09:14.next election. But our Lib Dem activists proud of their record? It
:09:15. > :09:17.is good to see some of our key policies being enacted but I believe
:09:18. > :09:22.that we've been part of a government that has destroyed a lot of lives. I
:09:23. > :09:26.think we can be overall proud. Nobody is going to be happy with
:09:27. > :09:29.everything the Coalition's done. Nobody is always happy with
:09:30. > :09:32.everything that any government has done. In the circumstances we
:09:33. > :09:37.inherited, we've done the best we possibly could. Spring may be here
:09:38. > :09:41.but there's still little sign of Lib Dem growing in the polls.
:09:42. > :09:44.The Co-operative Group is to raise pay for its top executives just
:09:45. > :09:46.months after its banking arm came close to collapse. The new chief
:09:47. > :09:53.executive, Euan Sutherland, will receive ?3.6 million this year. The
:09:54. > :09:56.Co-op's defended the deal, saying it's paying no more than the
:09:57. > :10:04.industry average - as our business correspondent Joe Lynam reports.
:10:05. > :10:08.The Co-op wants your opinion on how it should be run and what should be
:10:09. > :10:13.done with the money it earns. After an awful 2013, the new group CEO,
:10:14. > :10:16.Euan Sutherland, as admit it it lost touch with its customers and
:10:17. > :10:21.members. But now it has emerged he is in line to earn ?3.6 million in
:10:22. > :10:25.his first year at the company and it mightn't go down well with some
:10:26. > :10:28.customers. I wouldn't say he's worth it. People get pay based on
:10:29. > :10:33.performance and you would imagine if he was the head of a bank, he must
:10:34. > :10:39.have a track record in delivering. The rich get richer and the poor get
:10:40. > :10:46.poorer. In a statement, the Co-op's chairman said the company had faced
:10:47. > :10:49.the biggest challenge in its 150 year history and had recruited a top
:10:50. > :10:54.team with the skills and experience needed. She also said the
:10:55. > :10:58.remuneration packages of its executives were in the middle of a
:10:59. > :11:03.range of comparator companies. Last year it emerged that the company's
:11:04. > :11:07.banking division had a financial hole and its chairman Paul Flowers
:11:08. > :11:10.was forced to resign in disgrace. In order to survive, the group is
:11:11. > :11:16.selling off parts of its business, including its pharmacies. In May,
:11:17. > :11:23.the members of the Co-op will get to vote on whether and how much to pay
:11:24. > :11:27.their top bosses. This month, the company is expected to post big
:11:28. > :11:30.losses - may be as high as ?2 billion for the year.
:11:31. > :11:33.Councils in England are to get a share of an extra ?140 million of
:11:34. > :11:36.Government money to help repair roads damaged by this winter's rain
:11:37. > :11:40.and floods. Local authorities have welcomed the money, but say it won't
:11:41. > :11:49.cover the full cost of repairs, as Simon Clemison reports.
:11:50. > :11:53.Parts of England and Wales have enjoyed their warmest day of the
:11:54. > :11:59.year so far today but a few steps away from here and a few steps back
:12:00. > :12:05.in time, a very different scene. People have said that we should go
:12:06. > :12:08.and empty the potholes. But while the potholes are no longer hidden,
:12:09. > :12:12.people say they have been left with more of them. The votes may have
:12:13. > :12:18.been replaced by cars but they are still feeling the impact of all the
:12:19. > :12:24.rain. It is pretty hard for anyone driving a car or bike. Because the
:12:25. > :12:27.roads are dry you can see them but as soon is you get a bit of rain,
:12:28. > :12:31.you don't know whether you're driving through a puddle or a
:12:32. > :12:36.pothole. It has been an extremely wet winter but not a cold one so,
:12:37. > :12:41.with a lack of frost, why all the potholes? That's because it's the
:12:42. > :12:46.water that causes the majority of the damage and we've had plenty of
:12:47. > :12:49.that. It bubbles up from below, seeps in from cracks above and
:12:50. > :12:53.washes away the material believed the surface so when a car comes
:12:54. > :12:59.along, the road caves in. -- beneath the surface. A lot of areas have had
:13:00. > :13:02.very severe damage and we've made a lot of money available to those
:13:03. > :13:07.areas. Other authorities have said they need more money for road
:13:08. > :13:10.repairs so, as it comes to the end of the year, we've looked at the
:13:11. > :13:16.department underspent and are allocating that now. But campaigners
:13:17. > :13:21.say the overall investment of ?1 billion should be ten times that
:13:22. > :13:24.amount. We've got about a ?10 billion backlog of road repairs
:13:25. > :13:28.needed. We never keep up with that. We don't want it to grow but it has
:13:29. > :13:34.been growing. What we need is a long-term finance. With some flood
:13:35. > :13:36.warnings still in place, the true cost of the damage this year may be
:13:37. > :13:39.even higher. With all the sport, here's Lizzie
:13:40. > :13:49.Greenwood-Hughes at the BBC Sport Centre.
:13:50. > :13:51.Thanks very much. Good evening. The line-up for the FA Cup semi-finals
:13:52. > :13:54.is decided, and Wigan have caused another upset over Manchester City.
:13:55. > :13:57.The holders have beaten them again - this time 2-1. They'll play arsenal
:13:58. > :14:00.next. Also heading to Wembley are Hull City, who beat Sunderland 3-0.
:14:01. > :14:03.They face League One's Sheffield United after their 2-0 victory over
:14:04. > :14:09.Charlton. Tim Hague rounds-up the day's action for us.
:14:10. > :14:13.Ten months ago, these two played in the FA Cup final and Wigan pulled
:14:14. > :14:17.off one of the great cup upsets. In this match, Manchester city even
:14:18. > :14:27.bigger favourites - not that the holders minded. A penalty. It
:14:28. > :14:37.couldn't happen again. Could it? It looked that way when another massive
:14:38. > :14:42.moment for Wigan came. 2 -1 in the end but Wigan won to stun everyone
:14:43. > :14:46.its arsenal at Wembley next. Hull city will be there, too. They scored
:14:47. > :14:50.three without reply from Sunderland, including this from
:14:51. > :14:53.David Miler. Head-butted by Newcastle manager Alan Pardew last
:14:54. > :15:00.weekend, he showed his sense of humour. Hull are in their first FA
:15:01. > :15:03.Cup semi since 1930 - that is cause a celebration. The same can be said
:15:04. > :15:10.for fans of their opponents, Sheffield United. They shocked at
:15:11. > :15:13.Charlton to reach the last four. It's 13 years since aside from the
:15:14. > :15:22.third tier has done that and he wasn't even born! England have won
:15:23. > :15:25.the triple crown in Rugby Union's Six Nations. They beat Wales 29-18
:15:26. > :15:27.on the penultimate weekend to keep alive their championship title
:15:28. > :15:32.hopes. Olly Foster reports from Twickenham.
:15:33. > :15:36.Accusations of English arrogance always surface around this fixture.
:15:37. > :15:39.They've been careful not to blow their own trumpet, mindful perhaps
:15:40. > :15:44.that recent results against Wales have been forged by a dragon's fire.
:15:45. > :15:49.They haven't even scored a try against their rivals in three
:15:50. > :15:53.defeats in a row. That changed within five minutes as Danny Care
:15:54. > :15:55.caught them off guard. Luther Burrell has burst into this England
:15:56. > :16:02.side in the championship and breached a red line again. Wales'
:16:03. > :16:04.lifeline Leigh Halfpenny's boot. Five out of five penalties for him
:16:05. > :16:09.and there were only five points in it at the break. He kicked another
:16:10. > :16:14.one in the second-half but not as many as Owen Farrell, who was
:16:15. > :16:17.perfect, too getting 19 points. They were inches from a third try but
:16:18. > :16:22.Luther Burrell just straight into touch. No matter - the win was
:16:23. > :16:26.theirs to at least keep their title hopes alive. Even a big win for
:16:27. > :16:30.England next weekend in Rome may not be an offer them to win the
:16:31. > :16:33.championship but their first triple Crown in 11 years is a really good
:16:34. > :16:37.indication that they are moving in the right direction. For Wales,
:16:38. > :16:40.there will be no hat-trick of titles for them.
:16:41. > :16:43.Dundee United are into the semi-finals of the Scottish Cup.
:16:44. > :16:45.They put five past Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Nadir Chifte
:16:46. > :16:56.scoring twice before the home side had two players sent off.
:16:57. > :17:08.United will play either Rangers or Albion Rovers who had a one all draw
:17:09. > :17:10.today. The other semi final sees St Johnstone play Aberdeen.
:17:11. > :17:13.Great Britain have won three more medals at the World Indoor Athletics
:17:14. > :17:15.Championships. The young heptahlete Katarina Johnson-Thompson, who's
:17:16. > :17:18.often called the next Jessica Ennis-Hill, took silver in the long
:17:19. > :17:25.jump with a personal best. There was a silver for the men's
:17:26. > :17:26.four x 400 m relay team. That's it. We're back