:00:11. > :00:16.Russia," and says it must be again. In a much-anticipated speech -
:00:17. > :00:19.monitored around the World - he warned the West to stop the
:00:20. > :00:27.hysteria, and end the rhetoric of the Cold War. To a standing ovation,
:00:28. > :00:29.he said he had no intention of breaking up Ukraine - and then
:00:30. > :00:34.signed a treaty formalising Crimea's absorption into Russia. We'll be
:00:35. > :00:39.live with our correspondents in Moscow and in Crimea. Also this
:00:40. > :00:43.lunchtime: The search for missing flight 370 - now China says it will
:00:44. > :00:46.intensify the search in its territory - and on land.
:00:47. > :00:49.The Government plan to give families where both parents work a tax-free
:00:50. > :00:54.childcare allowance worth up to ?2,000 per child.
:00:55. > :00:58.The phone-hacking trial is told that former editor Andy Coulson agreed to
:00:59. > :01:07.pay ?500 a month to hack the phones of members of the Royal Household.
:01:08. > :01:11.Team GB's record-breaking Paralympic team have been to Downing Street for
:01:12. > :01:16.a reception to celebrate their achievements.
:01:17. > :01:20.Later: Boris Johnson's Father calls for rules that hinder the mayor from
:01:21. > :01:24.running for the Tory party leadership to be scrapped. And anger
:01:25. > :01:38.over plans to lower the speed limit on parts of the three.
:01:39. > :01:44.Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News At One.
:01:45. > :01:46.President Vladimir Putin has told a special session of Russia's
:01:47. > :01:50.parliament that "in people's heart of hearts, Crimea has always been
:01:51. > :01:56.part of Russia" and that Moscow was determined to right what he called a
:01:57. > :01:59."historical injustice". Speaking at the Kremlin, Mr Putin also signed
:02:00. > :02:02.new treaties paving the way for Crimea to join the Russian
:02:03. > :02:09.Federation - but said he did not want to break up Ukraine further.
:02:10. > :02:11.The EU and US have declared the action illegal and imposed
:02:12. > :02:20.sanctions. Ben Brown is in Simferopol for us now.
:02:21. > :02:24.Yes, they are already changing the name plate on the Crimean parliament
:02:25. > :02:33.behind me and after President Putin sign that treaty in Moscow. There
:02:34. > :02:44.were cheers as they heard he +, many Russians here delighted he has moved
:02:45. > :02:48.so quickly. The golden splendour of the Saint
:02:49. > :02:54.George Hall in the Kremlin. From here, the president hopes to rebuild
:02:55. > :03:02.Russia's former glory. He sees reabsorbing Crimea is a fundamental
:03:03. > :03:07.step. TRANSLATION: In the heart of the people, Crimea has always been
:03:08. > :03:12.an inalienable part of Russia. This conviction was unshakeable and was
:03:13. > :03:19.transferred from generation to generation. Mr Putin made a scathing
:03:20. > :03:23.attack on Western foreign policy and said sanctions were irresponsible.
:03:24. > :03:29.He promised Russia would protect minorities in Crimea and had a
:03:30. > :03:35.message for Ukrainians. In no way do we want to damage you or insult your
:03:36. > :03:38.national feelings. We have always respected the territorial integrity
:03:39. > :03:50.of the Ukrainian state, unlike those who brought the integrity into
:03:51. > :03:54.disrepute. There is overwhelming public support and be speed is
:03:55. > :03:58.breathtaking. Mr Putin then signed the treaty making Crimea part of
:03:59. > :04:04.Russia. By the end of the week it will be signed and ratified by
:04:05. > :04:09.parliament. Ukraine is still nervous of more Russian advances and
:04:10. > :04:15.thousands of reservists are being trained. It accuses Moscow of
:04:16. > :04:20.provoking unrest in the East but the government is also trying to ease
:04:21. > :04:23.the tension. TRANSLATION: Despite Russia's armed aggression against
:04:24. > :04:27.the Ukraine I will be doing everything possible to uphold
:04:28. > :04:33.peace. The question of joining NATO is not on the agenda. Ukraine's
:04:34. > :04:37.neighbour Poland is part of NATO and as such is now enjoying the firm
:04:38. > :04:44.support of the US. The vice president has a right to reassure
:04:45. > :04:48.allies across Eastern Europe. More Ukrainian tanks are heading towards
:04:49. > :04:58.the border. In spite of Russian promises not to split the country,
:04:59. > :05:01.Ukraine is taking no chances. Let's go straight to our
:05:02. > :05:06.correspondent in Moscow. A defiant, passionate speech by the President
:05:07. > :05:13.bad. The sanctions announced against Russia by the West don't seem too
:05:14. > :05:16.bothered him one bit. Quite the opposite, the reaction to the
:05:17. > :05:20.sanctions has been dismissive. There was a statement from the Russian
:05:21. > :05:24.parliament today saying, basically, bring it on. Why don't you impose
:05:25. > :05:29.sanctions on every single member of the Russian parliament? Essentially
:05:30. > :05:33.saying, we don't care, they have no impact. The Russian Foreign Ministry
:05:34. > :05:39.today has issued its own statement saying there will be retaliatory
:05:40. > :05:43.sanctions, so Russia intends to hit back at every stage of sanctions
:05:44. > :05:51.being imposed by either the US or the European Union. Richard, many
:05:52. > :05:56.thanks. Two questions after President Putin sign this treaty.
:05:57. > :06:02.Did the West tried to impose more sanctions and punishing further?
:06:03. > :06:06.What can Ukraine do to stop itself losing this huge tank of territory?
:06:07. > :06:12.The answer seems to be absolutely nothing.
:06:13. > :06:14.China has started to search its own territory for Malaysia Airlines
:06:15. > :06:17.flight MH370, which went missing more than ten days ago. Efforts to
:06:18. > :06:20.find the aircraft are focusing on two vast air corridors north and
:06:21. > :06:23.south of the plane's last known location, and include searching on
:06:24. > :06:26.land. China said no evidence of terror links had been found in any
:06:27. > :06:36.of the Chinese passengers. Our correspondent Jonah Fisher is in
:06:37. > :06:42.Kuala Lumpur. It has been a day of some confusion
:06:43. > :06:48.and considerable frustration from the families on board the flight
:06:49. > :06:52.towards this Malaysia and led investigation. At the same time, the
:06:53. > :06:57.search operation in the southern Indian Ocean is continuing to gather
:06:58. > :07:01.pace, with aircraft from across the region being deployed there. My
:07:02. > :07:07.report does contain some flash photography.
:07:08. > :07:13.They are looking for the remains of an aircraft across an area the size
:07:14. > :07:17.of Australia. This is an American plane scouring the southern Indian
:07:18. > :07:24.Ocean for any sign of the Malaysia Airlines flight. So far, despite a
:07:25. > :07:30.huge effort involving 26 countries, they have found absolutely nothing.
:07:31. > :07:33.Back where the plane's faithful journey began, questions continue to
:07:34. > :07:38.be asked about what happened on board. On Saturday, when Malaysia's
:07:39. > :07:42.Prime Minister announced someone had diverted the plane, he said two
:07:43. > :07:47.different communication systems on board had shut down in sequence 14
:07:48. > :07:53.minutes apart. It appeared to suggest a clear human hand. Now,
:07:54. > :07:59.investigators say both could have failed at the same time, making
:08:00. > :08:05.mechanical failure once again a possibility. I would say there could
:08:06. > :08:09.be some form of electrical faults which caused sudden incapacitation,
:08:10. > :08:12.meaning the pilots may have had partial control of their functions.
:08:13. > :08:20.This may explain some erratic movement. Do you think it is likely?
:08:21. > :08:26.At this stage, given the information we are receiving, anything can
:08:27. > :08:30.happen. At a press conference today, the Malaysians admitted changing
:08:31. > :08:34.their story but say the movements of the plane were consistent with
:08:35. > :08:38.someone being in charge. It is this sort of confusion with the fact that
:08:39. > :08:44.so infuriates the families of those on board the plane. Many see this
:08:45. > :08:52.investigation is being slow, and at times downright misleading. In
:08:53. > :08:56.China, the families of those on board once again vented their
:08:57. > :08:59.frustration at airline officials. Some have threatened to go on hunger
:09:00. > :09:10.strike, demanding they be told the truth. There's been really no
:09:11. > :09:13.indication that this Malaysia and investigation is making any
:09:14. > :09:18.progress, but if they are determined and sure that someone on board
:09:19. > :09:21.diverted the aircraft, they must have planned it on the ground and
:09:22. > :09:30.the onus is on them to try to find out who it was.
:09:31. > :09:35.Our correspondent is in Beijing. 153 passengers on board the plane are of
:09:36. > :09:40.Chinese origin and relatives are getting very angry, we saw in that
:09:41. > :09:45.report. Yes, those pictures were from the
:09:46. > :09:53.briefing given to date, this morning, Beijing time, to those many
:09:54. > :09:56.relatives gathered at a hotel. It is a sign of their increasing
:09:57. > :10:01.frustration with the lack of any definite news. They are getting very
:10:02. > :10:06.upset, very confused, and that is where we saw those calls from a
:10:07. > :10:11.couple of the passengers, saying, we are prepared to go on hunger strike.
:10:12. > :10:15.It is a sign of how difficult they are finding this whole process. It
:10:16. > :10:24.is not only Chinese passengers, there were 150 of them, but others
:10:25. > :10:29.as well, including one American National. We've just been speaking
:10:30. > :10:35.to his partner, she lives in Beijing as well. Her name is Sarah and she
:10:36. > :10:38.believes that because of those indications that somebody was in
:10:39. > :10:47.control of the aeroplane that it has landed somewhere and that Philip
:10:48. > :10:52.will be found. I believe Philip is still alive, I feel his presence
:10:53. > :10:56.still. I hope that he comes back. I don't believe he is dead. I'm
:10:57. > :11:04.planning on him coming back. I can't control that at this point. Except
:11:05. > :11:08.with as much wishing, hoping and praying as I can possibly do,
:11:09. > :11:14.mustering those same positive energies of other people all around
:11:15. > :11:17.the world. I do think there is substance to people all pushing
:11:18. > :11:25.their energy in one direction positively. Those hopes I think I
:11:26. > :11:29.shared by all those families. The news that China is now using
:11:30. > :11:35.satellites to scour its own territory gives them something else
:11:36. > :11:38.just to cling onto. And you can see more on the search
:11:39. > :11:44.for flight MH370 on the bbc news website - that's bbc.co.uk/news.
:11:45. > :11:48.Parents are to be given up to ?2,000 a year per child under revised plans
:11:49. > :11:51.to ease the cost of their care. The online scheme, affecting children up
:11:52. > :11:54.to the age of 12, is to be widened to include families with both
:11:55. > :11:58.parents in work, but won't start until after the next election.
:11:59. > :12:07.Labour says it's "too little, too late." Our political correspondent
:12:08. > :12:11.Ben Wright reports. Playgrounds will see a lot of
:12:12. > :12:16.politicians from now until the election. The high cost of childcare
:12:17. > :12:21.is hot politics and both parts of the coalition want credit for this
:12:22. > :12:25.scheme. Tax free childcare up to ?2000 a year for working parents, a
:12:26. > :12:30.package being brought in quicker than planned. I want to give
:12:31. > :12:36.families greater stability, greater security. Obviously, having ?2000
:12:37. > :12:42.worth of tax relief per child will be a big help. The tax relief is
:12:43. > :12:48.available to parents who both work. Each can be earning up to ?150,000 a
:12:49. > :12:56.year. The government will contribute up to 20% of childcare costs up to a
:12:57. > :13:02.maximum cost of ?10,000 per child. Parents who are working should be
:13:03. > :13:10.rewarded some contribution to childcare costs. It is more than our
:13:11. > :13:17.mortgage. We were debating whether we could afford to put him in, can I
:13:18. > :13:21.afford to work more? A full-time place in a nursery like this can
:13:22. > :13:26.cost ?10,000 a year, a price that puts many parents of going back to
:13:27. > :13:31.work. This scheme is designed to help them. It is also a pitch to
:13:32. > :13:35.hire only voters who are feeling the squeeze and who lost out on the
:13:36. > :13:41.recent cut to child benefit. Labour said there should be more helpful
:13:42. > :13:45.parents now, not after the election. Labour has promised an extra ten
:13:46. > :13:49.hours of childcare for three and four-year-olds. We think putting the
:13:50. > :13:52.money into the supply side, so you have more children entitled to free
:13:53. > :14:00.childcare, is a better way to spend the money. This announcement lines
:14:01. > :14:04.up Budget day tomorrow. A moment for ministers to show they understand
:14:05. > :14:07.concerns about the cost of living. At the phone hacking trial, the
:14:08. > :14:10.former Royal Editor of the News of the World, Clive Goodman, has told
:14:11. > :14:13.the Old Bailey that the tabloid's former editor, Andy Coulson, agreed
:14:14. > :14:16.to make payments of ?500 a month which resulted in the hacking of
:14:17. > :14:19.three mobile phones in the royal household. Mr Goodman said Mr
:14:20. > :14:21.Coulson was aware that the hacker, Glenn Mulcaire, had offered to
:14:22. > :14:24."monitor" the phones, which belonged to aides to Prince Charles, Prince
:14:25. > :14:34.William and Prince Harry. Tom Symonds reports from the Old Bailey.
:14:35. > :14:39.Who knew what and when? The questions so often at the centre of
:14:40. > :14:43.this trial. Today, defendant Clive Goodman claimed Andy Coulson knew
:14:44. > :14:48.about phone hacking and knew about it in October 2005. That is more
:14:49. > :14:53.than a year before Mr Goodman went to prison for phone hacking. Andy
:14:54. > :14:58.Coulson resigned as editor of the paper. He has always denied knowing
:14:59. > :15:04.about the hacking which went on during his time running the paper.
:15:05. > :15:08.In 2005, his journalists wanted stories about the Princes. Hacker
:15:09. > :15:15.Glenn Mulcaire began to target their inner circle. This man was their
:15:16. > :15:21.private secretary. His phone was hacked. Clive Goodman said yet no
:15:22. > :15:26.budget of his own, so he went to Andy Coulson and asked for
:15:27. > :15:30.authorisation to pay ?500 a week to Glenn Mulcaire to monitor the Royal
:15:31. > :15:44.bones. He said the editor agreed to a two-month trial.
:15:45. > :15:54.One claimed that Prince Harry, then at Sandhurst, asked for help with
:15:55. > :16:09.his home work, the siege on the reigning embassy, and left a
:16:10. > :16:11.message. Tom Symons, BBC News. A report in the Daily Telegraph
:16:12. > :16:14.claims they've seen documents which appear to show that Jack Warner, a
:16:15. > :16:17.former vice president of football's world governing body FIFA, together
:16:18. > :16:21.with his family, were paid more than ?1 million by a company owned by an
:16:22. > :16:25.ex-football official from Qatar. Some payments were allegedly made
:16:26. > :16:28.shortly after Qatar won the right to host the 2022 World Cup. Our sports
:16:29. > :16:37.correspondent Richard Conway is in Salford. What is at the heart of
:16:38. > :16:40.these allegationsques-mac the Telegraph claims they have seen
:16:41. > :16:45.documents which appear to show that Jack Warner was paid ?720,000 by a
:16:46. > :16:54.company owned by Muhammad and him arm. He was a Qatari at the time, a
:16:55. > :16:58.powerful FIFA executive. It also alleges that he made payments to one
:16:59. > :17:03.of Jack Warner's sons and one of his employees. The timing was
:17:04. > :17:08.significant, because it was after the time when the World Cup was
:17:09. > :17:14.awarded to Qatar. It should be said that he was not a part of the World
:17:15. > :17:18.Cup bidding team. These new claims are likely to attract the attention
:17:19. > :17:23.of Michael Garcia, FIFA's ethics investigator. He is currently
:17:24. > :17:27.touring the globe talking to all those people involved in the bidding
:17:28. > :17:31.process for both the 2022 process and the 2018 process which ended up
:17:32. > :17:37.going to Russia. In a statement, Qatar have denied that they did not
:17:38. > :17:40.abide by the bidding regulations, and say that they know nothing of
:17:41. > :17:45.these allegations put before them. We have also contacted Mr Warner,
:17:46. > :17:52.and he has not responded to our requests.
:17:53. > :17:56.It is just after 1.15. Vladimir Putin tells Russia that in the
:17:57. > :18:01.People's heart of hearts, Crimea has always been part of Russia, and says
:18:02. > :18:04.it must be a game. And still to come, why Sainsbury's reports its
:18:05. > :18:06.first fall in sales for nine years. Later on BBC London: Berkshire
:18:07. > :18:12.residents plagued by sewage problems call for the boss of Thames Water to
:18:13. > :18:15.forgo his bonus. And an appeal for more volunteers for medical trials,
:18:16. > :18:26.and a promise more cures will be found more quickly as a result.
:18:27. > :18:33.Six months from today, the people of Scotland will vote on independence.
:18:34. > :18:36.And for the first time in a major poll, 16 and 17-year-olds will also
:18:37. > :18:39.have a say. The BBC has been following 50 teenagers for a project
:18:40. > :18:45.called Generation 2014 as they consider how to cast their votes.
:18:46. > :18:46.Gavin Esler has been meeting some of the people involved, and he's in
:18:47. > :18:57.Glasgow for us now. Clydebank, famous for generations.
:18:58. > :19:04.The ships made here sailed the world. Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth,
:19:05. > :19:07.HMS Hood. Then the heavy industries closed, something for which Mrs
:19:08. > :19:12.Thatcher has not been forgiven. A time which was once solid Labour
:19:13. > :19:17.started to think about solid nationalism. I was born in Glasgow
:19:18. > :19:21.and spent the first few weeks of my life here in a council house with my
:19:22. > :19:30.mother, father, 2-macro auntie is and my grandmother. It is areas like
:19:31. > :19:39.this upon which the tyre future of Scotland will depend. In fact, the
:19:40. > :19:42.future of the United Kingdom. I called on my grandmothers
:19:43. > :19:49.neighbours. They definitely want independence. I feel very strongly
:19:50. > :19:55.about separation. Most of the people I speak to have come out in the same
:19:56. > :20:03.mind as myself. Most of them because of what happened under Thatcher.
:20:04. > :20:09.Closing all the shipyards. The only thing that worries me is about the
:20:10. > :20:16.pound, how it would go. We have spoken about Northern Ireland
:20:17. > :20:20.changing to the euro, and the troubles they have been through. We
:20:21. > :20:24.wouldn't like that to happen here. 15-year-old Jamie Archer will cast
:20:25. > :20:30.his first ever vote in September. He is undecided, but excited. It will
:20:31. > :20:33.be quite exciting for my very first vote to be deciding on the
:20:34. > :20:37.independence of Scotland. Have you made up your mind yet? I am still
:20:38. > :20:49.undecided, but I am leaning more towards a yes. What would make up
:20:50. > :20:51.your mind? From what I hear, the staying together only giving
:20:52. > :20:58.arguments as to why we shouldn't become independent, and not why we
:20:59. > :21:02.should stay together. No Scots have taken this decision for 300 years,
:21:03. > :21:04.but whether yes or no could bring real life back to the shipyards of
:21:05. > :21:15.Clydeside is another question. The Rolling Stones have cancelled
:21:16. > :21:18.the first date of their tour of Australia and New Zealand following
:21:19. > :21:20.the death of Sir Mick Jagger's long-time partner, the fashion
:21:21. > :21:23.designer L'Wren Scott. The 49-year-old former model was found
:21:24. > :21:31.dead at her apartment in New York yesterday. She's believed to have
:21:32. > :21:34.killed herself. Phil Mercer reports. Spirits were high when the Rolling
:21:35. > :21:39.Stones touchdown in Perth in their private jet. After a gap of eight
:21:40. > :21:43.years, the veteran band was back in Australia for a sell-out tour. Mick
:21:44. > :21:47.Jagger headed to the beach. But within 24 hours, he was to receive
:21:48. > :21:53.devastating news from the United States. In Manhattan, his partner of
:21:54. > :22:00.more than a decade, L'Wren Scott, was found dead in her apartment from
:22:01. > :22:02.an apparent suicide. New York police say an investigation into the
:22:03. > :22:06.celebrated designer's death is continuing. She was a stylist to
:22:07. > :22:14.some of the biggest names in Hollywood. L'Wren Scott had been by
:22:15. > :22:18.Mick Jagger's side for 13 years. He was immensely proud of her
:22:19. > :22:22.glittering career. I feel like London is such an important city,
:22:23. > :22:28.and has important international shopping. She cancelled a recent
:22:29. > :22:30.show in London because of production delays, although friends suggest she
:22:31. > :22:38.pulled out because she was heavily in debt. Mick Jagger is reportedly
:22:39. > :22:43.heading to New York, while fans in Australia wonder if the Stones'
:22:44. > :22:49.concert in Perth will be arranged -- rearranged. There are a lot of fans
:22:50. > :22:53.here just as much as around the world who want to see them. You have
:22:54. > :22:55.to put things into perspective, and this is just a party. They are going
:22:56. > :23:05.through a loss. Before arriving in Australia, the
:23:06. > :23:10.Rolling Stones had conquered Asia, playing to huge audiences in Tokyo.
:23:11. > :23:16.After 15 years, the band retains a magnetic appeal to thousands of
:23:17. > :23:17.people around the world. A decision on the remaining dates in Australia
:23:18. > :23:25.and New Zealand is expected soon. Sainsbury's has reported its first
:23:26. > :23:29.fall in sales for nine years, fuelling speculation that a
:23:30. > :23:40.supermarket price war is on the way. Sales were down more than 3% in the
:23:41. > :23:42.last ten weeks. The outgoing chief executive, Justin King, said the
:23:43. > :23:45.figures were disappointing but suffered from being compared to a
:23:46. > :23:56.strong period last year. Simon Gompertz reports. Price scares, the
:23:57. > :23:59.recession, Sainsbury's has weathered it all. Justin King was praised for
:24:00. > :24:04.fighting back against the mighty Tesco, but this year, he is
:24:05. > :24:14.leaving. Could he be leaving it in the lurch? I have been an industry
:24:15. > :24:18.30 years, and it has never felt easy we have had the rise of convenience
:24:19. > :24:27.stores, the rise of the Internet. Four. The tales tell the tale. Total
:24:28. > :24:35.sales were down 10% in the last ten weeks. There were more than 3% lower
:24:36. > :24:40.sales in stores. But the market share at 17% has held up. This is
:24:41. > :24:45.what is eating into grocery sales. No frills discounters like Aldi and
:24:46. > :24:53.Lidl preventing the big supermarkets from adding to their sales as the
:24:54. > :24:58.economy picks up. Unlike in previous down turns, shoppers have gone to
:24:59. > :25:09.Aldi and middle but this time are staying there. They are losing
:25:10. > :25:13.shopping trips and market share. Sainsbury's says its convenience
:25:14. > :25:15.store business has grown fast, and defending an acquisition could
:25:16. > :25:20.becoming critically costly in terms of discounts and profits lost.
:25:21. > :25:25.Morrisons has already said it will cut prices to win back customers, so
:25:26. > :25:29.lean times are ahead for the big supermarkets, but pain for them
:25:30. > :25:34.should make the family shopping basket cheaper.
:25:35. > :25:40.Plans to stop giving criminal records to people who fail to buy a
:25:41. > :25:43.TV licence have got the backing of almost a MPs, and are considered
:25:44. > :25:47.whether Justice Secretary Chris Grayling. The BBC says making
:25:48. > :25:55.nonpayment of the licence fee a civil matter could lead to high
:25:56. > :25:58.innovation and services being cut. New details about the mass shredding
:25:59. > :26:00.of documents relating to a corruption inquiry in the
:26:01. > :26:02.Metropolitan Police have been uncovered by BBC News. The
:26:03. > :26:05.destruction of the files was highlighted in a review into the
:26:06. > :26:08.murder of Stephen Lawrence. Scotland Yard says it's trying to find out
:26:09. > :26:11.exactly what happened to the documents. One source has claimed a
:26:12. > :26:13.lorry load of papers, photographs and videos were destroyed. Our home
:26:14. > :26:16.affairs correspondent June Kelly is outside Scotland Yard.
:26:17. > :26:20.Mark Ellison, the senior barrister who carried out the review into the
:26:21. > :26:26.Stephen Lawrence case, criticised Scotland Yard for not passing on
:26:27. > :26:29.information. The enquiry took place in 1998. The information he was
:26:30. > :26:37.talking about was intelligence the yard had on a detective in the
:26:38. > :26:41.Stephen Lawrence murder squad who it said may have acted corruptly. When
:26:42. > :26:45.Mark Ellison began to look at all of this, what he discovered was that in
:26:46. > :26:50.2003, they hid been a mass shredding of material. This included
:26:51. > :26:53.documents, videos, photographs, and we have been told lorry load of
:26:54. > :26:58.stuff was destroyed, and the shredding went on over two days. The
:26:59. > :27:03.big question is why, and the Met said our investigating. One senior
:27:04. > :27:06.officer described this material is gold dust. One computer hard drive
:27:07. > :27:09.has been recovered, but it seems that much of the gold dust has
:27:10. > :27:12.disappeared. Team GB's Winter Paralympic team
:27:13. > :27:15.have been to Downing Street this morning to meet the Prime Minister.
:27:16. > :27:19.The team created history, winning their first gold at the Games, and
:27:20. > :27:26.came away with six medals from Sochi. Our correspondent Katherine
:27:27. > :27:28.Downes has been to meet them. The report contains some flash
:27:29. > :27:33.photography. A couple of hours sleep, a whirl of
:27:34. > :27:37.breakfast TV appearances, and now an audience with the Prime Minister.
:27:38. > :27:40.Another chance to show off Paralympic precious metal for the
:27:41. > :27:47.most successful British team in 30 years. Our last race was on Sunday,
:27:48. > :27:51.and there is a picture from our last race on a massive banner inside.
:27:52. > :27:56.Normally that is just where you have a little look on the Internet, but
:27:57. > :27:59.it is really crazy to think that people are that interested in it,
:28:00. > :28:05.and this will help our sport and achieve something more than just us
:28:06. > :28:09.getting into risky race. For Britain's medal winners, success in
:28:10. > :28:12.Sochi was a culmination of years and months of hard work and a job well
:28:13. > :28:15.done. It is only now they are back on home soil that they are beginning
:28:16. > :28:19.to realise the wider impact of what they have achieved.
:28:20. > :28:24.Paralympics GB finished 10th in the middle table, their highest position
:28:25. > :28:31.ever, thanks to all of two bronze, three silvers, and Britain's first
:28:32. > :28:35.Paralympic winter gold. It wasn't just about the success, it was about
:28:36. > :28:41.the young athletes who went out and smashed an impressive personal
:28:42. > :28:45.bests. It is about an elite development level, and it is looking
:28:46. > :28:50.rosy off the back of a very successful Games.
:28:51. > :28:54.Britain's six medals were won in just two disciplines, alpine skiing
:28:55. > :28:59.and curling. Now the debate can begin on funding for other
:29:00. > :29:01.Paralympic disciplines, too, if they want to beat that Hall in four years
:29:02. > :29:04.time. Time for a look at the weather.
:29:05. > :29:13.Here's Alex Deakin. Thank you, Simon. There's
:29:14. > :29:18.Paralympians are coming back to a mild march here. This time a year
:29:19. > :29:21.ago, we were covered in snow across much of Wales. These pictures were
:29:22. > :29:27.taken in Powys and across the Brecon Beacons. I just wanted to remind you
:29:28. > :29:32.that it can be called in March, and we can get snow. But it is going to
:29:33. > :29:37.get colder here this weekend, and there could be a little snow here
:29:38. > :29:42.and there. But first let's get back to the current weather, it is more
:29:43. > :29:53.like April outside. They're Agustien winds blowing and quite a few
:29:54. > :29:55.showers around. -- gusty winds. Skies will brighten across Wales and
:29:56. > :30:00.the south-west, but it remain blustery. In northern England and
:30:01. > :30:10.Scotland, the showers will keep coming. One or two places will keep
:30:11. > :30:13.the showers drifting across. Head further south, and the showers are
:30:14. > :30:20.pretty much gone from Wales and south-west England. In the sunshine,
:30:21. > :30:25.when it returns, temperatures may get up to 13 or 14 Celsius. It feels
:30:26. > :30:29.a little cooler than that because of the wind, which will still be in
:30:30. > :30:32.evidence overnight tonight. Showers fade away for most of us, but it
:30:33. > :30:38.does stay wet in north-west Scotland, where they will keep the
:30:39. > :30:44.strong winds blowing. And the brisk breeze will keep the temperature is
:30:45. > :30:50.up. Frost free as we headed to Wednesday. And tomorrow, it looks
:30:51. > :30:55.like a pretty good day for the majority of central and eastern
:30:56. > :31:01.Britain. Any western coasts will stay grey and drizzly. And it stays
:31:02. > :31:09.wet and windy in north-west Scotland. But temperatures could
:31:10. > :31:13.reach eight June 19 Celsius in the south-east. As we go through
:31:14. > :31:19.Thursday and Friday, a wet start, and this band of rain will work
:31:20. > :31:24.across England. It is the first significant band of rain for a
:31:25. > :31:27.couple of weeks. A mild day in the south-east, but further north it
:31:28. > :31:32.brightens up, but look at the temperatures. This line of rain will
:31:33. > :31:37.sweep away the mild air that has been sitting across us, and the blue
:31:38. > :31:41.is here as we go through Friday and into the weekend, so it is turning
:31:42. > :31:47.much colder. There will be wintry showers, a bit of snow over the
:31:48. > :31:48.hills, and it will return to night-time frosts. Spring is
:31:49. > :31:56.re-coiling. Now a reminder of our top story this
:31:57. > :32:00.lunchtime. Vladimir Putin tells Russia that in the People's heart of
:32:01. > :32:01.hearts, Crimea has always been part of Russia, and must