:00:08. > :00:13.Thousands of people in eastern Ukraine vote in an unofficial
:00:14. > :00:16.referendum on self-rule. Condemned by the Kiev government and Western
:00:17. > :00:21.leaders, we report on a process hastily organised by pro-Russian
:00:22. > :00:25.activists. Anyone from right across this whole region can vote here,
:00:26. > :00:31.without there being any checks as to whether they've already voted. The
:00:32. > :00:34.BBC DJ who says he was forced out of his job after accidentally playing a
:00:35. > :00:36.song that included the n-word Manchester City win the Premier
:00:37. > :00:46.League title, dashing Liverpool's dream. We are live in jersey as the
:00:47. > :00:47.Queen's baton relay, which has criss-crossed the world, arrives
:00:48. > :01:08.back on home soil. Thousands of people in eastern
:01:09. > :01:15.Ukraine have been voting today in an unofficial self-rule referendum set
:01:16. > :01:17.up by pro-Russian militants. The vote's been condemned by Western
:01:18. > :01:22.leaders and the Ukrainian government. Russia's President Putin
:01:23. > :01:28.also called for it to be postponed. But ballots were cast in two
:01:29. > :01:31.regions, Donetsk and Luhansk. Our correspondent, Richard Galpin, spent
:01:32. > :01:37.the day watching the voting in one area, Sloviansk. He sent this
:01:38. > :01:43.report. Pro-Russian gunmen Manning one of the many barricades around
:01:44. > :01:47.the town of Sloviansk. The epicentre of the uprising against the
:01:48. > :01:53.government and scene of fierce fighting with Ukrainian troops. But
:01:54. > :01:57.today, these separatist fighters taking time out to vote in the
:01:58. > :02:04.referendum. Everything brought out here specially for them. And, of
:02:05. > :02:08.course, they vote for independence. At this more conventional polling
:02:09. > :02:13.station, near the town centre, there's a steady stream of voters.
:02:14. > :02:18.The makeshift ballot paper asks if they want self-determination for the
:02:19. > :02:28.region. Officials here admitted this means independence. But for some
:02:29. > :02:32.voters, it means joining Russia TRANSLATION: We want to live with
:02:33. > :02:35.Russia and with Vladimir Putin. Because in Russia, there is peace
:02:36. > :02:41.and love. Maybe it won't be straight away. Maybe it will be in six months
:02:42. > :02:47.or a year but we really want this. Amongst the voters here, more
:02:48. > :02:51.pro-Russian fighters. There can be no doubt what the result of this
:02:52. > :02:55.referendum will be. But there are some really serious issues about
:02:56. > :03:00.this vote. For example, the voter list is from 2012. They do not have
:03:01. > :03:05.up-to-date information. Anyone from right across this whole region can
:03:06. > :03:14.vote here, without there being any checks as to whether they've already
:03:15. > :03:19.voted. The top security advisor to the government in Kiev told the BBC
:03:20. > :03:24.the referendum was illegal. He warned Russia not to recognise the
:03:25. > :03:30.vote and not to use it as an excuse to annex the region. But many who
:03:31. > :03:36.voted across this region today do want Russia to come to their help.
:03:37. > :03:44.Some also want Ukraine itself to be divided. First we have to build a
:03:45. > :03:50.very big wall a very big Chinese wall between western Ukraine and
:03:51. > :03:54.eastern Ukraine. For the moment no-one really knows what the casting
:03:55. > :04:02.of these ballots today will ultimately mean fortunity of this
:04:03. > :04:07.country. And Daniel Sandford is in Donetsk. The voting has now
:04:08. > :04:11.happened. The question is how Russia and indeed other parts of the world
:04:12. > :04:15.will deal with this fact? Well, first of all, obviously the Kiev
:04:16. > :04:18.government, the United States' government and yeern European
:04:19. > :04:23.governments, including the British government, regard this as an
:04:24. > :04:26.illegitimate poll and they will be ignoring the result. Russia is much
:04:27. > :04:29.more interesting and arguably more important. President Putin had asked
:04:30. > :04:35.the men organising this poll to delay it. They ignored him and went
:04:36. > :04:39.ahead with that. I think it's quite likely that despite that, Russia is
:04:40. > :04:44.likely to recognise this poll in some shape or form. So, how are we
:04:45. > :04:50.to see it? Well, I think obviously the poll was deeply flawed. It
:04:51. > :04:54.wouldn't be seen as an election in any other western European country.
:04:55. > :04:58.But there is an issue and that is that thousands of people did come
:04:59. > :05:01.out today. Thousands of people voluntarily went to the polls and
:05:02. > :05:05.they came there because they wanted to send a message. That message is
:05:06. > :05:08.that they are unhappy at the moment with the government in Kiev. While
:05:09. > :05:11.they probably weren't the majority here that went to the polls, I think
:05:12. > :05:14.the figures will be very difficult, but they probably weren't the
:05:15. > :05:17.majority. But they were a significant number of people and
:05:18. > :05:27.that's a problem that Kiev and the rest of the world has to deal with.
:05:28. > :05:31.The Prime Minister has insisted he will not return to No 10 unless he
:05:32. > :05:34.can secure a referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union in
:05:35. > :05:37.three years' time. Mr Cameron told the BBC that it would be a
:05:38. > :05:40.non-negotiable part of any future coalition agreement. His comments
:05:41. > :05:42.come ahead of elections for the European Parliament in ten days'
:05:43. > :05:45.time. Our Political Correspondent Iain Watson reports Meanwhile, the
:05:46. > :05:49.Prime Minister's also been trying to play down a row within the
:05:50. > :05:55.Today, just about everyone was talking about Europe, not the EU but
:05:56. > :05:59.the song contest. Sometimes, just for one, people vote for
:06:00. > :06:02.unconventional candidates that make a bit of an impression. The
:06:03. > :06:04.Conservatives are worried that the same thing might happen at the
:06:05. > :06:09.European elections in ten days' time.
:06:10. > :06:17.So, partly to imwill it UKIP's appeal, David Cameron repeated this
:06:18. > :06:20.pledge. -- to part to to limit UKIP's appeal. I will not become
:06:21. > :06:24.Prime Minister unless I can guarantee to hold a referendum. He
:06:25. > :06:27.said even if he fails negotiate a new relationship with Brussels, the
:06:28. > :06:30.referendum would still go ahead. It is not surprising he is being this
:06:31. > :06:36.robust. Take a look at recent polling and who UKIP is hitting
:06:37. > :06:41.hardest. It suggests four out of ten of UKIP's supporters previously
:06:42. > :06:45.backed the party or didn't any other party but one and three defected
:06:46. > :06:51.from the Conservatives while only 13% from Labour and the Lib Dems so
:06:52. > :06:56.unsurprisingly Nigel Farage repeated his view that David Cameron can't be
:06:57. > :07:04.trusted on the referendum. He has difficulty being developed. I put it
:07:05. > :07:13.to you five years ago. But he has given a cast iron opinion that if he
:07:14. > :07:16.became Prime Minister he would have a referendum.
:07:17. > :07:25.Labour know that Europe isn't part of people's agenda. I'm proud voters
:07:26. > :07:29.are talking about rent and and the dynamic party. But we are talking
:07:30. > :07:32.about what people care about and a Conservative Party that are talking
:07:33. > :07:37.exclusively about the referendum. Nick Clegg said his party only had a
:07:38. > :07:40.clear view on the EU membership. Theres a foughtline about whether
:07:41. > :07:43.you are in or out. We can then have debate about how you reform Europe
:07:44. > :07:49.and what is wrong and right with it. But there is a fundamental debate.
:07:50. > :07:54.The Eurovision winner dedicated last night's victory to peace and freedom
:07:55. > :07:57.but don't expect too much political harmony in the run-up to the
:07:58. > :08:02.European elections. Meanwhile the Prime Minister has been trying to
:08:03. > :08:05.play a row within the coalition on education with Liberal Democrats
:08:06. > :08:09.angry about the amount of money being spent on free schools. Now
:08:10. > :08:14.let's whatter from Iain whose report you saw there. There feels like a
:08:15. > :08:17.lot of rows within the Coalition. How serious is this? At least we
:08:18. > :08:22.know the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives don't see eye-to-eye
:08:23. > :08:30.on education that has been known but now there is a problem on education.
:08:31. > :08:36.-- don't see eye-to-eye on Europe. You might think there is not much
:08:37. > :08:39.room for escalating this but today the deputy leader of the Liberal
:08:40. > :08:42.Democrats, came out and said Michael Gove, the Education Secretary was
:08:43. > :08:45.getting out of control and needed to be reined N the Liberal Democrats'
:08:46. > :08:50.accusations is that Michael Gove is taking money that could be used for
:08:51. > :08:54.extra school places and putting them in, instead to fund a small number
:08:55. > :08:56.of free schools. Labour have made a similar accusation. The
:08:57. > :09:02.Conservatives say this is rubbish, there will be more money for school
:09:03. > :09:06.places. But as thoughts turn to electoral competition rather than
:09:07. > :09:15.cooperation between the two parties, more disputes will be made public.
:09:16. > :09:18.A veteran BBC local radio presenter has lost his job after playing a
:09:19. > :09:21.1930s' version of The Sun Has Got Its Hat On without realising the
:09:22. > :09:24.recording contained a racist word. David Lowe said it was an innocent
:09:25. > :09:27.mistake. The BBC later acknowledged it could have handled the situation
:09:28. > :09:32.better and offered him his job back. Lisa Hampele reports.
:09:33. > :09:39.David Lowe here once again and as always... The presenter spent 32
:09:40. > :09:44.years with the BBC. His prerecorded golden oldies show on radio Devon
:09:45. > :09:52.had a loyal following. # The sun has got his hat on... #
:09:53. > :09:55.But when David Lowe played it 82-year-old version of The Sun Has
:09:56. > :10:01.Got His Hat On he had no idea that the lyrics included the N-word.
:10:02. > :10:06.He apologised to his bosses and wanted to do the same on air. Or, he
:10:07. > :10:11.suggested, he could stand down. I just want to say to my listeners
:10:12. > :10:16.that I'm going to miss you and I'm sorry. It was a sillieror on my
:10:17. > :10:20.part. I have paid the price. I'm sorry they have had to pay the
:10:21. > :10:25.price, too. But David Lowe received a letter from the station saying
:10:26. > :10:31.they would accept his offer to fall on his sword. He says he has refused
:10:32. > :10:34.to agree that an announcement was made saying he was leaving to pursue
:10:35. > :10:38.other interests. After details were made public, the BBC said, "The
:10:39. > :10:42.discussion with David Lowe could have been handled better. His
:10:43. > :10:45.resignation should not have been accepted. He was initially invited
:10:46. > :10:52.to return to his show. He has declined, so we would like to wish
:10:53. > :10:56.him for the future." Mr Low who suffers from a stress-related
:10:57. > :11:00.condition says his condition has been exacerbated and he will not be
:11:01. > :11:05.returning. This has come to light when Jeremy Clarkson was forced to
:11:06. > :11:10.say sorry when footage of him mumbling the N-word during outtakes
:11:11. > :11:17.were revealed and he kept his job. Mr Lowe says the system is wrong.
:11:18. > :11:21.Now time for the sport. Am Thank you. Manchester City have been
:11:22. > :11:25.crowned Premier League Championships for the second time in three
:11:26. > :11:31.seasons. A controlled per performance saw City beat West Ham
:11:32. > :11:38.2-0 to win the title by two points from Liverpool. Dan row soon at the
:11:39. > :11:41.Etihad Stadium. In 2012 Manchester City made heavy weather of winning
:11:42. > :11:44.the Premier League title on the last day of the season this. Time, as
:11:45. > :11:49.expected there was little fuss as they regained the trophy from their
:11:50. > :11:59.arch rivals Manchester United. Worthy winners of one of the most
:12:00. > :12:02.open title races in recent memory. No last-day dramas this time.
:12:03. > :12:06.Manchester City, Premier League champions once again. The title race
:12:07. > :12:11.may have gone the distance but today, it never seemed in doubt.
:12:12. > :12:15.Earlier, City had known a point would be enough, but seemed intent
:12:16. > :12:20.on three. David Silva close to giving them an early lead. West Ham
:12:21. > :12:24.survived the early pressure but over at Anfield, Liverpool were doing
:12:25. > :12:29.City's job for them, needing to win against Newcastle United, the hosts
:12:30. > :12:33.instead went behind. Martin Skrtel's own goal denting their team's
:12:34. > :12:39.already slim hopes of the title. No sooner had City fans celebrated the
:12:40. > :12:43.news from Liverpool they had more reason to be cheerful. Samir Nasri
:12:44. > :12:48.putting them 1-0. Closing in on their target. City had scored 101
:12:49. > :12:51.goals this campaign. They were not finished. Vincent Kompany putting
:12:52. > :12:56.them 2-0 up. Now City knew the party could begin.
:12:57. > :13:01.Back on Merseyside, Liverpool weren't giving up without a fight,
:13:02. > :13:05.going 2-1 up after goals from Daniel Agger and Daniel Sturridge but this
:13:06. > :13:09.comeback had been rendered irrelevant, the runners-up falling
:13:10. > :13:12.just short of what was almost a fairy-tale season. City knew what
:13:13. > :13:16.had to be done and now they have done it. At the end of this most
:13:17. > :13:20.compelling of seasons, separating themselves from the pack. Escaping
:13:21. > :13:25.their euphoric fans would now prove just as much of a challenge. I don't
:13:26. > :13:30.think anyone could contemplate of what was going on at Liverpool. We
:13:31. > :13:33.knew what our job was. We did T we have played well this year. Came
:13:34. > :13:43.through a lot in a strong league. We are proud of today. After the ups
:13:44. > :13:46.and downs of recent seasons, Manuel Pellegrini has provided stability
:13:47. > :13:50.and silverware in his first year in charge and confirmed City as the
:13:51. > :13:55.team to beat in the English game. Well, some will say City have simply
:13:56. > :14:02.bought the title. Tomorrow they are expected to be hit with a record ?50
:14:03. > :14:05.million fine from UEFA for breaching financial regulations. Their fines
:14:06. > :14:09.will relish the season in which they have replaced United as the dominant
:14:10. > :14:15.force in the Epping lib game. Celtic won the Scottish Premiership title
:14:16. > :14:19.in March and today finished in emphatic sign with a 3-1 win over
:14:20. > :14:23.Dundee United. Neil Lennon's side topped the table with 99 points. 29
:14:24. > :14:28.ahead of Motherwell who claimed second place with a 1-0 win over
:14:29. > :14:31.Aberdeen. Lies Hamilton has moved to the top
:14:32. > :14:35.of Formula 1's World Championship standings after victory in the
:14:36. > :14:39.Spanish Grand Prix. It is the British driver's fourth win in a row
:14:40. > :14:44.as Mercedes continue to dominate the start to the Formula 1 season.
:14:45. > :14:48.In the recent past, one driver has stood head and shoulders above the
:14:49. > :14:53.rest. That man was Sebastian Vettel, but here in Barcelona it is Lewis
:14:54. > :14:58.Hamilton who has been on top. This, his fourth pole from five races
:14:59. > :15:02.Lights out, away we go. Hamilton gets off the line beautifully. The
:15:03. > :15:06.Circuit de Catalunya is notorious for its difficult overtaking, so
:15:07. > :15:11.once ahead, Hamilton held the advantage. Meanwhile, Vettel, who
:15:12. > :15:15.started from 15th, was working his way through the field. The four-time
:15:16. > :15:22.World Champion went on it finish fourth, behind Red Bull team-mate,
:15:23. > :15:27.Daniel Riccardo. Ahead of him the drama was starting to unravel, or
:15:28. > :15:32.rather, Lewis Hamilton's were. ! My rear wheel is everywhere. Despite
:15:33. > :15:36.complaining, he led the way. His Mercedes team-mate and Championship
:15:37. > :15:39.rival Nico Rosberg was gaining on him with every passing lap but it
:15:40. > :15:43.wasn't enough. Hamilton crossing the line for his fourth straight Vic
:15:44. > :15:47.train more importantly, one that el vats him to the top of the driver's
:15:48. > :15:57.standings. -- victory and more importantly one that el vats him to
:15:58. > :16:02.the top of the standings. Marcel Kittel won stage three in the
:16:03. > :16:07.Giro D'Italia. He beat Britain's Ben Swift into second at the end of the
:16:08. > :16:12.187 kilometre race which finished in Dublin. Michael Matthews retained
:16:13. > :16:22.the overall pink jersey and Marianne Vos has won the inaugural Women's
:16:23. > :16:25.Tour of Britain. Finally, the Queen's Baton,
:16:26. > :16:28.heralding the final countdown to the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, has
:16:29. > :16:30.touched down in the British Isles. The flight carrying the hand-crafted
:16:31. > :16:36.baton, containing a personal message from the Queen, arrived in Jersey
:16:37. > :16:40.this afternoon. In the last hour, Olympic driver Tom Daley has carried
:16:41. > :16:46.the baton ashore to begin this leg of the tour. Robert Hall is in
:16:47. > :16:49.jersey. 118,000 miles, criss-crossing the
:16:50. > :16:53.world. 70 members of the Commonwealth and new it is back on
:16:54. > :16:56.home soil. The man who carried it is here. Tom Daley, tremendous
:16:57. > :17:00.excitement. You travelled by sea to get her. It is brave of you. It is
:17:01. > :17:11.not brilliant. It was windy and choppy. I made it in one piece. I
:17:12. > :17:14.didn't drop it or fall over. I think this is a real moment for everyone
:17:15. > :17:19.to get behind the athletes and the Gilles and get excited. It is only
:17:20. > :17:22.ten weeks now until the Commonwealth Games begin. The last push for
:17:23. > :17:26.particular sets tomorrow. If you want it get tickets, the last chance
:17:27. > :17:30.is tomorrow. You made the point that everybody remembers the torch. Now
:17:31. > :17:33.it is all sort of beginning again. Exactly. We are getting to relive
:17:34. > :17:36.that experience, the buzz and excitement and sport is bringing
:17:37. > :17:40.everyone together again. I think it is just amazing. And you have
:17:41. > :17:44.hoardes of people wanting to talk to you. I will go quickly now, to be
:17:45. > :17:49.point out, it will be jersey tomorrow. Loads more people will see
:17:50. > :17:55.the baton. Northern Ireland, England, Wales, back to Scotland,
:17:56. > :17:59.all-important in the middle of June. Thank you very much. Full coverage
:18:00. > :18:04.of the Commonwealth Games on the BBC in due course. More news throughout
:18:05. > :18:06.the evening on the BBC News Channel. We are back at 10.00pm tonight. Time
:18:07. > :18:07.for the