:00:13. > :00:16.formalising division, as Vladimir Putin signs the law annexing Crimea
:00:17. > :00:24.and the EU agrees closer ties with Ukraine. We'll be live in Moscow.
:00:25. > :00:27.Also this lunchtime: The search of the Southern Indian Ocean for flight
:00:28. > :00:40.MH370 intensifies, but there are no further sightings of debris. We have
:00:41. > :00:43.a lot of hope and the conditions remain as they are, hopefully we
:00:44. > :00:46.will find something soon. It can have terrible consequences,
:00:47. > :00:50.but now a vaccine against meningitis B looks set to be approved by the
:00:51. > :00:52.NHS. The human tide - Italian authorities rescue thousands of
:00:53. > :00:54.migrants from the waters off Lampedusa.
:00:55. > :00:57.Putting their lives on the line - the soldier shot in the neck and the
:00:58. > :01:08.medic who saved him are recognised for their valour and bravery.
:01:09. > :01:13.I owe him my life. Not that I would ever say that to his face!
:01:14. > :01:17.Later on BBC London: A doctor is the first in the UK to face charges over
:01:18. > :01:19.female genital mutilation. And the Prime Minister appeals to Boris
:01:20. > :01:38.Johnson to run in the next general election.
:01:39. > :01:43.Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One. President Putin has
:01:44. > :01:48.signed a law formalising Russia's annexation of Crimea from Ukraine,
:01:49. > :01:51.calling it a remarkable event. It comes as the new authorities in
:01:52. > :01:56.Ukraine and the European Union sign an agreement committing them to
:01:57. > :01:59.closer political and economic ties. The deal is part of the same
:02:00. > :02:01.agreement that the former Ukrainian president rejected back in November,
:02:02. > :02:05.leading to protests and eventually his overthrow. Our Europe
:02:06. > :02:15.correspondent Matthew Price is in Brussels.
:02:16. > :02:24.Brussels and Moscow, two different cities, two very different visions
:02:25. > :02:28.and different ceremonies today. One dragged Ukraine ever closer into
:02:29. > :02:36.Europe. The other split Ukraine with its province of Crimea being
:02:37. > :02:41.formally signed into Russia. In a dull conference room in Brussels,
:02:42. > :02:46.surrounded by European smiles, Ukraine inched away from Russia
:02:47. > :02:50.today. A simple signature from its interim unelected Prime Minister
:02:51. > :02:57.committed the country to greater cooperation with the EU, a move
:02:58. > :03:02.bound to incense Moscow. For ministers here, that is partly the
:03:03. > :03:08.point. This is probably the biggest move the EU can do right now. It is
:03:09. > :03:13.a fight between East and West. To sign this today is good news for
:03:14. > :03:18.Ukraine. It is not just Ukraine the EU is drawing into its orbit. Two
:03:19. > :03:25.other former Soviet states that Moscow once held close are also due
:03:26. > :03:32.to sign deals soon. How well Moscow react? It has used gas as a weapon
:03:33. > :03:37.before. The EU gets a third of its supply from Russia. Ukraine fears it
:03:38. > :03:48.is about to start pushing up prices. It is urgent for Ukraine to get,
:03:49. > :03:53.Russia violating all deals, it is to double the cries for the natural
:03:54. > :04:02.gas. This is how Russia punishes Ukraine for its European choice. --
:04:03. > :04:07.the price. In a more ornate room, another ceremony, another is simple
:04:08. > :04:12.signature. This one formerly splitting Crimea from Ukraine,
:04:13. > :04:24.joining it to Russia as far as he is concerned. There is no sign here
:04:25. > :04:32.that sanctions on President Putin's associates have weakened resolved.
:04:33. > :04:35.Nor was there in Crimea itself. Ukrainian forces continued to give
:04:36. > :04:43.up their bases, allowing Russian troops to move in. Privately here EU
:04:44. > :04:47.leaders will admit Crimea is gone and it is not coming back any time
:04:48. > :04:53.soon. The big strategic question they will have to answer is what
:04:54. > :04:56.they can do if anything to ensure that if Russia wants to start
:04:57. > :05:00.carving up other bits of Eastern Europe, it can't.
:05:01. > :05:07.Let's talk to our Moscow correspondent, Richard Galpin. A
:05:08. > :05:10.limited range of sanctions so far. I wonder what impact they are having
:05:11. > :05:17.on the financial markets, maybe in the way business do -- people do
:05:18. > :05:22.business every day in Russia? Even though the sanctions on
:05:23. > :05:25.individuals, it is having a significant impact on the stock
:05:26. > :05:33.market is here. The main index has gone down about 3% so far today. It
:05:34. > :05:39.has gained a bit. Overall it is down almost 20%. Also today we have had
:05:40. > :05:43.from two of the world's leading credit agencies, they have
:05:44. > :05:49.downloaded the outlook for Russia from stable to negative. Customers
:05:50. > :05:55.of two banks caught up in the sanctions here in Moscow, they have
:05:56. > :05:59.not been able to use credit cards. Inconvenience for people on the
:06:00. > :06:03.streets. I think these sanctions are really beginning to bite. The
:06:04. > :06:10.question now is whether the EU and US will ramp up the sanctions
:06:11. > :06:14.another level and make them trade and financial sanctions. Financial
:06:15. > :06:19.analysts here think it would have a catastrophic impact on the Russian
:06:20. > :06:35.economy which already is very weak. Growth has slowed down over the past
:06:36. > :06:37.12 months. People I have been speaking to think that... The
:06:38. > :06:45.popularity of President Putin. Thank you very much indeed.
:06:46. > :06:47.Nearly two weeks after the disappearance of flight MH370,
:06:48. > :06:50.reconnaissance planes are searching a remote section of the southern
:06:51. > :06:53.Indian Ocean for a second day. They're following what's been
:06:54. > :06:56.described as the best lead yet, satellite images which may have
:06:57. > :06:59.shown debris in the sea. Relatives are still anxiously waiting for news
:07:00. > :07:01.of the Malaysian airliner which vanished shortly after take off from
:07:02. > :07:06.Kuala Lumpur. Our world affairs correspondent Jonathan Head is in
:07:07. > :07:11.Perth, Western Australia. After ten hours scanning the sea,
:07:12. > :07:16.and the stray lien air surveillance aircraft comes home to its base --
:07:17. > :07:22.and Australian surveillance aircraft. It is one of five making
:07:23. > :07:28.the long journey today to the search site. They are using every hour of
:07:29. > :07:33.daylight. Missions sometimes go on into the night. The stretch of ocean
:07:34. > :07:37.they have to cover is so vast they know it is only a matter of luck as
:07:38. > :07:43.to whether they find any of the missing airliner. Of all of the many
:07:44. > :07:46.kinds of planes and vessels thrown into this remarkable operation, this
:07:47. > :07:52.aircraft is among the most effective. Yet for all its sensitive
:07:53. > :07:58.listening technology, the crew are overwhelmed by the size of their
:07:59. > :08:03.task. Journalists crowd around the young pilot eager for any news of
:08:04. > :08:08.the Malaysian airliner. We are going out today. Good weather compared to
:08:09. > :08:16.yesterday. The visibility was great. Better than 10km visibility. We had
:08:17. > :08:20.really good opportunities to see anything visually. For the task we
:08:21. > :08:24.had today, the conditions were outstanding. We have a lot of hope
:08:25. > :08:29.and if the conditions remain as they are, hopefully we will find
:08:30. > :08:33.something soon. These satellite photographs show the faintest
:08:34. > :08:37.outline of something large on what has directed the search here. The
:08:38. > :08:48.photos are five days old. With no cited in yet, they are expanding the
:08:49. > :08:53.search to where the current might have carried it. It is a big area
:08:54. > :09:00.when you are looking out the window trying to see something by I. We may
:09:01. > :09:05.have to do this a few times to be confident about the coverage of the
:09:06. > :09:09.search area. It is exhausting, repetitive work. But they have to
:09:10. > :09:12.keep going. Each day without any sign of where the airliner went down
:09:13. > :09:28.makes the likelihood of finding it more on. -- more remote.
:09:29. > :09:31.If you want to keep up to date with the search for flight MH370, we have
:09:32. > :09:35.all the latest details on our website.
:09:36. > :09:38.A new vaccine to protect infants against meningitis B should be made
:09:39. > :09:40.available on the NHS, according to health officials. The Joint
:09:41. > :09:43.Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation says the injection
:09:44. > :09:46.should be rolled out across the UK, as long as a suitable price can be
:09:47. > :09:48.agreed with manufacturers. That overturns a controversial decision
:09:49. > :09:58.last summer to reject the jab. Here's our health correspondent
:09:59. > :10:02.Dominic Hughes. This girl is very fortunate to be
:10:03. > :10:09.alive. At 15 months, she suddenly developed meningitis B, losing both
:10:10. > :10:13.her hands and some toes. Doctor said his amazing she survived and her
:10:14. > :10:19.mother believes the introduction of a vaccine for meningitis B is long
:10:20. > :10:23.overdue. It will stop babies dying, losing hands, legs, give better
:10:24. > :10:28.quality of life. It will have a massive impact. So many children
:10:29. > :10:33.will be saved. Thank you for finally saying yes. Meningitis B is
:10:34. > :10:39.relatively rare but one of the most feared in Britain. There are around
:10:40. > :10:44.1800 cases in the UK each year. Most of those are found in very young
:10:45. > :10:48.children and the impact can be devastating. One in ten will die.
:10:49. > :10:53.10% of those who survive will be left with a major disability.
:10:54. > :11:00.Bacterial meningitis is complex and a vaccine has taken 20 years to
:11:01. > :11:03.develop. Last year an expert panel advising UK health ministers said it
:11:04. > :11:07.would not be cost-effective. Now they have changed their mind. We
:11:08. > :11:12.have read on the analysis and found the vaccine could be cost-effective
:11:13. > :11:18.as long as it is at a fairly low price. Around 700,000 children a
:11:19. > :11:22.year will be eligible for the vaccination, possibly as soon as
:11:23. > :11:27.this summer. We are keen to implement it as soon as we can.
:11:28. > :11:32.There are important steps that need to take place before it starts, not
:11:33. > :11:37.least of course the negotiation with the manufacturer about the price,
:11:38. > :11:43.but also ensuring we have a secure and sustainable programme going
:11:44. > :11:46.forward. Those negotiations on price are crucial. Money spent on this
:11:47. > :11:55.vaccine will mean less can be spent elsewhere. But for this girl and her
:11:56. > :12:02.family, this is a day to celebrate. A soldier who had been shot in the
:12:03. > :12:06.neck by an Afghan insurgent but carried on fighting, and the medic
:12:07. > :12:09.who attended to him are among more than 100 members of the armed forces
:12:10. > :12:12.who've been recommended for bravery awards. Most are being given to
:12:13. > :12:14.servicemen and women who took part in last summer's deployment to
:12:15. > :12:15.Afghanistan. Sarah Campbell has more.
:12:16. > :12:21.Shot through the neck while on patrol, British Army cameras
:12:22. > :12:23.captured the moment Lance Corporal Simon Moloney was treated by his
:12:24. > :12:28.friend and colleague Lance Corporal Wesley Masters. Both have been
:12:29. > :12:33.recognised by their extraordinary courage under fire. I rolled off the
:12:34. > :12:38.roof and realised I had been hit. Autopilot comes in. You wait for the
:12:39. > :12:44.30 seconds to see, I going to pass out and die? Risking his own life,
:12:45. > :12:50.Lance Corporal Wesley Masters began life-saving treatment. It was a
:12:51. > :12:54.through and through gunshot wound. He had two holes in his neck. I try
:12:55. > :12:59.to stay calm and calm him down and deal with what I saw, not let my
:13:00. > :13:05.mind run away with me. The bullet had missed his right all arteries
:13:06. > :13:10.and windpipe by millimetres. He continued to fight until the
:13:11. > :13:12.helicopter arrived. He receives the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross. Lance
:13:13. > :13:19.Corporal Wesley Masters receives the Military Cross. What do you think
:13:20. > :13:23.for what he did? I owe him my life. Not that I would ever say that to
:13:24. > :13:28.his face! His whole confidence in the job, it was not just the way he
:13:29. > :13:36.saved me, completely confident and calm. He was an awesome casualty.
:13:37. > :13:42.The digs aptly what he wanted -- he did exactly what I wanted him to do.
:13:43. > :13:47.He is a good lad. The latest list of awards is a reminder that although
:13:48. > :13:52.British involvement in Afghanistan is winding down, the risks remain
:13:53. > :13:55.and the men and women based there continue to perform outstanding acts
:13:56. > :14:00.of bravery. This is just a selection of the more than 100 service
:14:01. > :14:02.personnel who have received honours. All will be presented with their
:14:03. > :14:10.medals and awards at Buckingham Palace.
:14:11. > :14:12.Our top story this lunchtime: Russia's parliament approves
:14:13. > :14:15.Crimea's entry into the Russian Federation as European Union leaders
:14:16. > :14:17.sign an accord on closer ties with Ukraine.
:14:18. > :14:20.And still to come: From middle distance runner to rhythmic gymnast,
:14:21. > :14:26.how Lord Coe is raising money for Sport Relief.
:14:27. > :14:30.Later on BBC London: The Government faces calls to appoint a minister to
:14:31. > :14:34.work on the HS2 rail project. And the East London boxing academy
:14:35. > :14:48.giving young people a fresh start in life. We look at how your
:14:49. > :14:53.fundraising helps. 100 years on from the start of World
:14:54. > :14:56.War I, drinking water is still affected by pollution in areas that
:14:57. > :15:00.used to be the front line. In northern France, many babies are
:15:01. > :15:04.kept away from tap water because of the high level of chemicals on a
:15:05. > :15:08.consequence of the ammunition that was left behind. Angus Crawford
:15:09. > :15:13.reports on the walls Trust on the wall's toxic legacy.
:15:14. > :15:26.A tribute to the dead. Every night, crowds gathered at the many negating
:15:27. > :15:31.Belgium. For British schoolchildren this is history. But for those
:15:32. > :15:36.living in the areas where battles once raged, the war's legacy as part
:15:37. > :15:43.of daily life. Drinking water is still polluted by what the conflict
:15:44. > :15:48.left behind. At this and hundreds of other nurseries in northern France,
:15:49. > :15:54.babies drink only bottled water. Their milk is made up using bottled
:15:55. > :16:00.water. Pregnant women are also advised not to drink what comes out
:16:01. > :16:06.of the tap. This woman, who runs the creche, says it is clear they never
:16:07. > :16:10.thought of the time of the 14 - 18 war that 100 years on there would
:16:11. > :16:16.still be consequences for future generations. The water in more than
:16:17. > :16:23.500 villages and towns is contaminated by chemicals seeping
:16:24. > :16:28.out of World War I bombs. So this is the very top of the water tower.
:16:29. > :16:32.There is no proven risk to health, though the authorities are now
:16:33. > :16:38.trying to find where the bombs are buried. If we find them, those
:16:39. > :16:48.deposits, to remove them and we hope that it will progressively reduce
:16:49. > :16:54.the concentration of chemicals. But that will be a work of years? Of
:16:55. > :17:02.years, yes, of course. We have found up until now about 350 shells. A
:17:03. > :17:06.Belgian ball -- bomb disposal experts response to another
:17:07. > :17:10.call-out. The area is sealed off. Mustard gases leaking into the
:17:11. > :17:15.ground. More than 1 billion shells were fired during the war, in some
:17:16. > :17:22.places as many as one quarter did not explode. Springtime on what was
:17:23. > :17:28.the front line. But no flowers will grow in this clearing. Levels of
:17:29. > :17:32.arsenic are 3000 times higher than they should be. This measuring
:17:33. > :17:37.device was drilled into the subsoil here, to check on just how polluted
:17:38. > :17:41.the water still is and looking around you can see almost nothing
:17:42. > :17:46.can grow here. That is because this site was used to destroy 200,000
:17:47. > :17:50.chemical bombs at the end of the First World War. They were just
:17:51. > :18:02.burned in the open. A terrible war which leaves a toxic legacy, even
:18:03. > :18:04.today. The first-ever prosecutions for
:18:05. > :18:09.female genital mutilation in the UK are to be brought against a doctor
:18:10. > :18:11.and a second man. Dr Dhanoun Dharmasena from the Whittington
:18:12. > :18:17.Hospital in north London and Hasan Mohammed, who is not a medic, are to
:18:18. > :18:20.face the first charges brought under the female judo -- the Female
:18:21. > :18:23.Genital Mutilation Act. Children's services at the council which came
:18:24. > :18:27.under fire over the death of a four-year-old boy have been branded
:18:28. > :18:31.as inadequate by inspectors. Daniel Pelka died after being starved and
:18:32. > :18:35.abused by his mother and stepfather in 2012. The Ofsted report also said
:18:36. > :18:41.that Coventry's children's services were not seeing vulnerable children
:18:42. > :18:45.fast enough. The council has promised a rapid improvement, is
:18:46. > :18:48.Phil Mackie reports. Daniel Pelka died two years ago
:18:49. > :18:52.after being beaten and starved by his mother and stepfather. There
:18:53. > :18:56.were many missed opportunities to intervene in the life of the
:18:57. > :19:00.four-year-old, who was quiet, withdrawn and used to scavenge for
:19:01. > :19:03.food in bins at school. But a Serious Case Review found he had
:19:04. > :19:09.been invisible and the authorities had spent more time considering the
:19:10. > :19:11.needs of his parents. Magdelena Luczak and Mariusz Krezolek are
:19:12. > :19:16.serving life for his murder. Coventry promised it would do
:19:17. > :19:19.better. Last month, the BBC was granted exclusive access to the
:19:20. > :19:24.social workers who care for children in the city, to see if things had
:19:25. > :19:28.improved. They said they were still overworked and under resourced.
:19:29. > :19:31.There are a lot of challenges in social care in Coventry at the
:19:32. > :19:34.moment. Our caseloads are too high and that is stopping us from doing
:19:35. > :19:39.some of the things we would like to do, in a timely manner. Today,
:19:40. > :19:42.Ofsted said that Coventry was getting many of the same things
:19:43. > :19:46.wrong. It said vulnerable children were not seen swiftly enough, which
:19:47. > :19:50.means they were left at risk of harm. Social workers have very high
:19:51. > :19:55.caseloads and that means they cannot do their job properly and leaders
:19:56. > :19:59.and managers have not tackled key witnesses in children's social care
:20:00. > :20:02.quickly enough. We have to move on, irrespective of the tragedy we have
:20:03. > :20:06.spoken about, because otherwise we will always find ourselves in a
:20:07. > :20:10.position where we are overwhelmed at the front door and we will never be
:20:11. > :20:14.able to manage the work load in the wake that is proportionate to the
:20:15. > :20:19.amount of money we have got. Since Daniel Pelka's death, the number of
:20:20. > :20:23.child referrals has gone up by 50%, but there is room for optimism. The
:20:24. > :20:27.report says the leadership here is taking decisive action and they only
:20:28. > :20:31.need to look a short distance away to Staffordshire, in less than two
:20:32. > :20:36.years it has gone from being rated as performing poorly, to rated good
:20:37. > :20:40.today. More social workers will be recruited and the process of change
:20:41. > :20:48.sped up. The city knows it is under pressure to deliver because of the
:20:49. > :20:53.horrific death of Daniel Pelka. The Italian Navy says more than 4000
:20:54. > :20:58.hydrants have been rescued from an -- from overcrowded boats in the
:20:59. > :21:01.Mediterranean Sea south of Sicily in the past four days and several other
:21:02. > :21:05.rescue operations are under way. Yesterday over 230 people, who were
:21:06. > :21:10.packed onto a rubber dinghy, were picked up near the island of
:21:11. > :21:16.Lampedusa. He was a relatively unknown manager
:21:17. > :21:20.when taking charge in 1996, but just seven seasons later Arsene Wenger
:21:21. > :21:24.had earned Arsenal the nickname the Invincibles. Tomorrow, the French
:21:25. > :21:29.manager will oversee his 1000th game at a trip to Premier League leaders
:21:30. > :21:34.Elsie, with the Gunners four points behind them. Joe Wilson reports on
:21:35. > :21:39.the highs and lows of arson Wenger's 18 year reign. -- Arsene
:21:40. > :21:43.Wenger's 18 year reign. A surprise party, while hardly. He has been
:21:44. > :21:48.here for 1000 games. He demands respect but that is not a carriage
:21:49. > :21:52.clock. He is not retiring. He says he is in another faith. Its first
:21:53. > :21:57.decade at Arsenal was rich in football success. The --
:21:58. > :22:01.subsequently he is a balanced the books and built a new stadium but
:22:02. > :22:04.stopped winning things. Do you feel satisfied with what you have
:22:05. > :22:08.achieved in 1000 games, or is satisfaction may be something you
:22:09. > :22:12.find difficult? Satisfaction is not one of my greatest qualities. I
:22:13. > :22:18.thought maybe that was the case. This club has given me a chance but
:22:19. > :22:22.in an important -- an important period of the life span of this club
:22:23. > :22:27.I have shown loyalty and turned many things down and accepted to work
:22:28. > :22:33.with restricted potential and knowing that I had to stay at the
:22:34. > :22:37.top of the game and I will just say I did that through commitment. In a
:22:38. > :22:41.football sense the commitment has always been to style. No one matched
:22:42. > :22:51.his philosophy quite like Thierry Henry. Reaching 1000 games, it is
:22:52. > :22:55.just crazy. It is crazy because you can see how important it is for this
:22:56. > :22:59.club, staying for a long time in a club is not that easy, not because
:23:00. > :23:07.the manager doesn't want to stay, but because sometimes you get the
:23:08. > :23:11.elbow. There is huge respect for Arsene Wenger but of course in
:23:12. > :23:17.football success tends to be measured in the form of trophies. He
:23:18. > :23:21.is not -- he has not one since 2005. Other managers wonder if they
:23:22. > :23:30.would be treated with such patients. It is not possible to have 1000
:23:31. > :23:33.match unless the club is also a fantastic weight in the way they
:23:34. > :23:38.support the manager, especially in the back moments and especially when
:23:39. > :23:43.the bad moments were quite a lot. Yes. Well, tomorrow it is Jose
:23:44. > :23:47.Mourinho's Chelsea at home to Arsenal and there will be no special
:23:48. > :23:51.gifts. In case you didn't know, it is Sport
:23:52. > :23:54.Relief tonight and people all over the country including famous faces
:23:55. > :24:00.like radio to's Jo Whiley have been running, cycling or swimming to help
:24:01. > :24:03.raise money. The programme is also going to feature comedy sketches,
:24:04. > :24:06.such as a cameo appearance from David Beckham in Only Fools And
:24:07. > :24:11.Horses, and for the first time the main show is taking place at the
:24:12. > :24:16.Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in East London and Ben Beck -- and Ben
:24:17. > :24:20.Geoghegan is therefore as now. This year's Sport Relief has made
:24:21. > :24:23.headlines because of the incredible challenges that some of the
:24:24. > :24:27.celebrities have set themselves. A few of them have been here training
:24:28. > :24:33.this morning, but as everyone knows this is not about winning medals, it
:24:34. > :24:41.is about raising money. It it is said to ribbon dancing to
:24:42. > :24:45.Dolly Parton. -- said Coe. At the Olympic Velodrome with Sally
:24:46. > :24:48.Phillips and Olly Martins. It is not what you would expect perhaps but it
:24:49. > :24:54.is a Sport Relief rehearsal and there is still some way to go. How
:24:55. > :24:59.much technique have you got to develop? Quite a lot. He's a
:25:00. > :25:03.natural, born to do this. This was the event he should have chosen at
:25:04. > :25:10.the Olympics. The main rivalry at the Bella drone will be between
:25:11. > :25:16.Sebastian Coe and John Bishop in the clash of the Titans. In many
:25:17. > :25:19.respects I feel like Steve Ovett. I am the underdog that most people
:25:20. > :25:22.look at and think, you don't really look like you should be here,
:25:23. > :25:29.whereas Sebastian Coe always looks perfect, doesn't it? Why are you
:25:30. > :25:32.wearing those glasses? The first meeting of Del boy and Rodney for
:25:33. > :25:41.ten years, this time the Trotters have a new sidekick. Yes. Good
:25:42. > :25:45.thinking. Some of the celebrities have faced tougher challenges.
:25:46. > :25:48.Davina McCall has been running, cycling and swimming from Edinburgh
:25:49. > :25:53.to London, plunging into Lake Windermere was one of the toughest
:25:54. > :25:58.moments. It was quite hairy and probably the toughest thing I have
:25:59. > :26:07.ever done. But then to have to get on a bicycle was torture. The DJ Jo
:26:08. > :26:14.Whiley puzzles being pushed to her limits, earning a ?260,000 donation
:26:15. > :26:18.from Coldplay. I am so grateful to so many people. I fell over at the
:26:19. > :26:23.last minute, I didn't fall over on the treadmill and at the last second
:26:24. > :26:26.I went splat, on the floor. There is more rehearsing to do, but as far as
:26:27. > :26:32.fundraising goes it has been a good start. The aim is to beat the ?50
:26:33. > :26:37.million relief -- raised for charity two years ago. Lord Coe is here with
:26:38. > :26:42.us now and can tell us a bit more about today's events. It is good to
:26:43. > :26:49.see you are dressed for the part. How is it going? You didn't miss the
:26:50. > :26:53.calling of the rhythmic gymnast? I don't think so. Being serious, it is
:26:54. > :26:57.a really tough sport. It is a fabulous sport. How is it going with
:26:58. > :27:03.John Bishop, because you have been teasing each other in the lead up to
:27:04. > :27:08.the clash? We have a good, friendly rivalry. He keeps telling me I am
:27:09. > :27:12.from the south, but I was brought up in Sheffield. I am not sure his
:27:13. > :27:16.geography is that good. You are doing the ribbon dancing but there
:27:17. > :27:19.are lots of other events? Rhythmic gymnastics, but there is
:27:20. > :27:24.synchronised swimming, the elimination races in the cycling.
:27:25. > :27:28.You can see that behind us. This is good head to head, but it comes to a
:27:29. > :27:33.head on the gymnastics floor here tonight. And of course we have had
:27:34. > :27:37.the Olympics here a couple of years ago and you are associated with
:27:38. > :27:40.that. How much of an effect might there be when it comes to people
:27:41. > :27:45.donating and taking an interest in Sport Relief that is due to the
:27:46. > :27:47.success we had them? I hope so. Every year Sport Relief makes more
:27:48. > :27:52.money and that is a great thing and tonight is a big televised event,
:27:53. > :27:55.but there are thousands of things happening at this moment. My
:27:56. > :27:57.daughter in the West Country is running a mile this afternoon and
:27:58. > :28:01.there are kids the length and breadth of the country. Given the
:28:02. > :28:05.volunteers who are helping put this on tonight and thousands of people
:28:06. > :28:08.doing lots of things this afternoon, that is a good Olympic legacy. You
:28:09. > :28:13.wonder whether these events will continue to capture the public's
:28:14. > :28:17.imagination. Do you think tonight will? It is part of the national
:28:18. > :28:21.landscape. I will be surprised if this is not going long after we have
:28:22. > :28:26.left the scene. Thank you and good luck. You can watch all of the
:28:27. > :28:32.events here at the Olympic Park on BBC One, 7pm this evening.
:28:33. > :28:35.Let us get the weather for the weekend and Phil Avery is here.
:28:36. > :28:41.Let us get the weather for the weekend and Phil Avery is Unite I
:28:42. > :28:46.started a cruel vein. Last weekend temperatures hit 20 Celsius for
:28:47. > :28:49.some, barbecues out. This weekend, barbecue for a source of warmth
:28:50. > :28:53.cop. This is closer to what we would expect for this time of year. A
:28:54. > :28:57.chilly weekend in store. It was a glorious start for money but as the
:28:58. > :29:01.morning has gone on the shower cloud has a speckled up and we have seen
:29:02. > :29:05.some hefty showers. We will come to Northern Ireland in the second.
:29:06. > :29:11.Mid-afternoon, some of those showers will be heavy. Urged along I quite
:29:12. > :29:14.noticeable south-westerly wind. As is the nature of the beast with
:29:15. > :29:18.showers, not everybody is seeing them. Some of the South Coast could
:29:19. > :29:22.be dry for a good part of the afternoon. It could be different in
:29:23. > :29:26.the northern shores of Devon and Cornwall and the Bristol Channel,
:29:27. > :29:30.the gateway for the showers, some pretty heavy ones across the high
:29:31. > :29:33.ground of Wales. We might hear the odd rumble of thunder. The showers
:29:34. > :29:40.eventually giving way to something more persistent. The showers already
:29:41. > :29:44.have been a bit thundery, with pale and smoke at the higher levels of
:29:45. > :29:49.Scotland. Through the course of the evening, the band of persistent ray
:29:50. > :29:52.with snow will work its way across all parts of the British Isles. The
:29:53. > :29:59.snow getting down to low levels and the North. Following behind, noticed
:30:00. > :30:04.this, a cold night with ice, you will see some rather wintry looking
:30:05. > :30:06.scenes, scenic rather than disruptive for the south-west and
:30:07. > :30:11.the high ground of Wales and the high ground further north. Saturday,
:30:12. > :30:17.another day of a lot of hefty, blustery showers. Some sunshine in
:30:18. > :30:21.between. I was suggesting earlier, it will be cool compared to what we
:30:22. > :30:24.have experienced of late. Sunday, the wind goes round to the
:30:25. > :30:28.north-west. The pressure builds towards the West, killing the
:30:29. > :30:32.showers. The bulk of the showers on Sunday are found through eastern
:30:33. > :30:37.parts of the British Isles. For the weekend, chilly, some wintry showers
:30:38. > :30:43.and some frost unites. That is for sure. I take you on to Monday,
:30:44. > :30:47.widespread, could be one of the colder nights we have seen so far
:30:48. > :30:51.this season, from Scotland to some southern parts of the British Isles,
:30:52. > :30:55.that comes about as we topple this area of high pressure in across the
:30:56. > :31:00.British Isles. A clear start on the chilly start on Monday. A decent
:31:01. > :31:04.day, but then it could be that the front towards the West makes Tuesday
:31:05. > :31:13.just a bit more unsettled. What's going on, we will keep you posted
:31:14. > :31:17.through the course of the weekend. The top story this lunchtime.
:31:18. > :31:20.President Putin has signed a law completing the annexation of Crimea
:31:21. > :31:21.as EU leaders agreed closer ties