:00:15. > :00:23.have crashed. An Australian Air Force plane has spotted objects in
:00:24. > :00:26.this area. A ship is being sent to the location. We'll be live in Perth
:00:27. > :00:29.where the search is being coordinated from. Also this
:00:30. > :00:33.lunchtime: A BBC investigation into housing benefit changes suggests 6%
:00:34. > :00:36.of tenants have moved as a result of the so-called 'bedroom tax'.
:00:37. > :00:39.At the Max Clifford sexual abuse trial, he says his accusers are
:00:40. > :00:44."fantasists and opportunists" who may be trying to get compensation.
:00:45. > :00:47.No longer any lawful impediment, as gay marriage becomes legal in
:00:48. > :01:03.England and Wales from tomorrow. Can you hear your own voice? Yes.
:01:04. > :01:04.The magical and moving moment when a woman deaf from birth realised she
:01:05. > :01:10.could hear for the first time. Later on BBC London: Five years
:01:11. > :01:13.after the Lakanal tragedy, the high rise homes still at risk from fire.
:01:14. > :01:38.And the new study into the effects of flooding on our mental health.
:01:39. > :01:44.Good afternoon. The search for the missing Malaysian plane has moved to
:01:45. > :01:48.a new part of the Indian Ocean as experts believe it ran out of fuel
:01:49. > :01:51.earlier than thought. The Australian and Malaysian governments say the
:01:52. > :01:56.search will now focus on an area 700 miles north-east of the previous
:01:57. > :01:59.zone. The move is based on further analysis of radar data that showed
:02:00. > :02:03.the plane was going faster, thus using more fuel. The Beijing-bound
:02:04. > :02:08.airliner disappeared three weeks ago with 239 people on board. Our
:02:09. > :02:15.correspondent Jonathan Head is in Perth.
:02:16. > :02:24.Well, this is another twist in this baffling saga of the airliner. Over
:02:25. > :02:28.the past week we have watched these surveillance aircraft going out of
:02:29. > :02:32.this airport, day after day, on very long journeys into remote seas where
:02:33. > :02:38.the group has scanned and scanned and seeing nothing at all. New
:02:39. > :02:42.analysis of the limited information they have suggests that all of that
:02:43. > :02:47.time they might have been looking in the wrong area. With the weather
:02:48. > :02:53.improving, aircraft were once again in the air from Western Australia.
:02:54. > :02:57.This time heading to a new search zone. Further analysis of the
:02:58. > :03:01.limited data they have on flight MH370 has led the Australian
:03:02. > :03:05.authorities to shift their efforts to an area nearly 700 miles north of
:03:06. > :03:11.where they had been looking up until now. This continuing analysis
:03:12. > :03:17.indicates the plane was travelling faster than previously estimated,
:03:18. > :03:19.resulting in increased usage of fuel and reducing the possible distances
:03:20. > :03:27.travelled south into the Indian Ocean. The previous estimate was
:03:28. > :03:31.based on an -- a series of pinging connections with the satellite. The
:03:32. > :03:33.new estimate, using the speed they think it was travelling when it
:03:34. > :03:38.changed course, puts it closer to the Australian coast, but the area
:03:39. > :03:47.is still huge, significantly bigger than Great Britain. And in a hopeful
:03:48. > :03:51.sign, this New Zealand Orion returned having seen 11 object. The
:03:52. > :03:57.first sighting by this crew in over a week -- 11 object. Next in, a
:03:58. > :04:00.giant transport plane carrying a long-range helicopter which will
:04:01. > :04:05.operate off the deck of an Australian ship from inside the new
:04:06. > :04:08.search zone. Despite all the planes flying in and out of the air base,
:04:09. > :04:11.you can't escape the thought that this operation is in effect having
:04:12. > :04:19.to start all over again, having spent a week looking in an entirely
:04:20. > :04:25.different part of the Indian Ocean. They will need this, and every other
:04:26. > :04:29.aircraft, they can get. If they can make the most of the diminishing
:04:30. > :04:36.time left to them to find traces of the Malaysian airliner. The change
:04:37. > :04:41.of area underlines just how little we know about this Malaysian
:04:42. > :04:46.airliner, but this is an optimistic sign that more aircraft are coming
:04:47. > :04:49.back, and five have returned from their sorties and they have reported
:04:50. > :04:53.citing an object in the new area, which was more than previously seen.
:04:54. > :04:57.When the ships can get there and pick those up, we might find some
:04:58. > :05:02.proper traces of what happened to the airliner. Jonathan, thank you.
:05:03. > :05:04.And you can also keep up to date with the search on our website. Just
:05:05. > :05:11.go to BBC.co.uk/missing plane. Figures obtained by the BBC suggest
:05:12. > :05:14.that a government policy intended to encourage tenants on benefits to
:05:15. > :05:17.move to more suitable homes is not having the desired effect. But
:05:18. > :05:22.ministers say the cut in housing benefit, which critics call the
:05:23. > :05:23.'bedroom tax', is having an impact. Our social affairs correspondent
:05:24. > :05:35.Michael Buchanan reports. We are all sleeping in his room at
:05:36. > :05:38.the moment. The problems of living in an overcrowded house. The Smith
:05:39. > :05:46.family squeeze into a two bed council flat, and the last month has
:05:47. > :05:50.seen all five of them sleeping in one room as their father was removed
:05:51. > :05:54.from the other. Not only would the welfare bill be cut, the government
:05:55. > :05:58.said, but under occupied homes with spare bedrooms would become
:05:59. > :06:01.available. I feel a bit awkward about the situation because I know
:06:02. > :06:06.it is not the fault of those people, and they feel they are losing their
:06:07. > :06:10.homes, but it's not fair for people like us at the moment who have no
:06:11. > :06:15.chance of getting out of the situation we are in. No bigger
:06:16. > :06:19.properties have become available for the Smiths or any other families
:06:20. > :06:24.according to data we have gathered from 80% of councils in Britain who
:06:25. > :06:27.have housing stock. The information gathered suggests that just 6% of
:06:28. > :06:32.council tenants affected by the welfare change have moved home.
:06:33. > :06:36.However, more than one in four affected tenants have fallen into
:06:37. > :06:40.arrears over the last year. At the same time, councils are sitting on
:06:41. > :06:44.more than ?30 million worth of emergency funding, given to them by
:06:45. > :06:50.the government to help tenants cope with the benefit cut. I thought more
:06:51. > :06:54.people would be able to move and get away from this and more people would
:06:55. > :06:58.find a way to play. Those are high figures, and as the policy
:06:59. > :07:03.continues, more people will find themselves falling behind. The
:07:04. > :07:06.government say the reform of social housing was necessary to bring
:07:07. > :07:12.fairness into the system. We are working with lots of groups to make
:07:13. > :07:16.sure that people build the right size properties, because the two
:07:17. > :07:19.long they hadn't. We are still seeing some housing associations
:07:20. > :07:23.building three-bedroom accommodation when we just need one and two
:07:24. > :07:27.bedroom accommodation. Labour say the figures prove the housing
:07:28. > :07:31.benefit cut is failing to achieve its aims, and have promised to
:07:32. > :07:32.repeal the policy if they win the next election.
:07:33. > :07:37.Max Clifford has told a court that claims of sexual or indecent assault
:07:38. > :07:38.against him have been made by "fantasists" seeking compensation.
:07:39. > :07:41.Under cross-examination, the publicist again dismissed the
:07:42. > :07:45.allegations, calling them "a pack of lies". Mr Clifford denies 11 counts
:07:46. > :07:46.of indecent assault. Our correspondent Richard Lister was in
:07:47. > :07:59.court. It was the third day for Max
:08:00. > :08:03.Clifford on the witness stand after two days of being questioned by his
:08:04. > :08:08.own barrister. But today the exchanges became quite heated at
:08:09. > :08:14.times, but the prosecution counsel pointing at Mr Clifford accusingly
:08:15. > :08:17.while he angrily denied allegations. Arriving at court this morning, Max
:08:18. > :08:22.Clifford knew he would have to answer prosecution questions for the
:08:23. > :08:25.first time in the trial. Questions the court heard about why some 45
:08:26. > :08:28.witnesses have made allegations against him. Pressed to give an
:08:29. > :08:46.explanation, Max Clifford said: Max Clifford said the diaries were
:08:47. > :08:49.in his office when he was first arrested in December 2012, but
:08:50. > :08:53.shortly after he said they were put into storage and were not found by
:08:54. > :08:56.police. They were only introduced as evidence just before the trial
:08:57. > :09:00.began, but Mr Clifford said he did not know the whereabouts of some
:09:01. > :09:05.specific diaries covering the period in question. Mr Clifford was asked
:09:06. > :09:10.about his biography in which he talks about organising sex parties.
:09:11. > :09:14.Good, honest filth, in his words. He acknowledged in court that he knew
:09:15. > :09:19.agents at the parties who helped women advance their careers in
:09:20. > :09:24.exchange for sex. Max Clifford has consistently denied offering to help
:09:25. > :09:27.women advance their career in exchange for sex, and says he has no
:09:28. > :09:31.firm memory of any of the women making allegations against him in
:09:32. > :09:34.the trial. And his evidence is expected to continue on Monday.
:09:35. > :09:38.The trial of the South African athlete Oscar Pistorius, who's
:09:39. > :09:42.accused of murdering his girlfriend, has been adjourned. A court official
:09:43. > :09:44.has been taken ill. The runner, who denies deliberately shooting his
:09:45. > :09:48.girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, in February last year, had been due to
:09:49. > :09:49.take the stand. Prosecutors allege that he killed her after an
:09:50. > :09:57.argument. Thousands of children, some as young
:09:58. > :10:01.as six, are regularly watching pornography on the internet. The
:10:02. > :10:04.online video regulator says nearly 500,000 people under the age of 18
:10:05. > :10:09.accessed adult material in the month of December. But this is only on
:10:10. > :10:13.home computers and doesn't take into account sexual videos and pictures
:10:14. > :10:14.viewed on phones and tablets. Our technology correspondent Rory
:10:15. > :10:24.Cellan-Jones has more. There has long been concerned about
:10:25. > :10:28.children seeing adult material on the web, but now there is real
:10:29. > :10:32.evidence. Using the same techniques as those for TV ratings, research
:10:33. > :10:35.for the online video regulator has shown just how many children are
:10:36. > :10:43.visiting sites showing pornographic videos. Nearly a quarter of all
:10:44. > :10:47.Internet users in the UK visited an adult site, but nearly half a
:10:48. > :10:52.million were under 18 with even primary school children seeing the
:10:53. > :10:58.material. One website alone was visited by 112,000 boys. There's a
:10:59. > :11:02.lot of positive content online, but there are other things to consider.
:11:03. > :11:07.Parents at an Internet safety evening said it was a matter of huge
:11:08. > :11:11.concern to them. I wasn't aware it was that easy. I thought there might
:11:12. > :11:20.be a pin number or you had to apply. I didn't know you could just
:11:21. > :11:24.stumbled across it. As a parent, I feel strongly about looking after my
:11:25. > :11:29.children, and then somebody just decides to put something on the web.
:11:30. > :11:32.Clear evidence that children as young as primary school age are
:11:33. > :11:36.visiting websites offering pornographic videos without any age
:11:37. > :11:39.control, the problem is that the sites are based outside of the UK,
:11:40. > :11:45.but the regulator has an idea on how to put pressure on them. Follow the
:11:46. > :11:49.money. Nearly all of the adult sites without age checks are based outside
:11:50. > :11:52.of the UK, but the regulator says that cutting off payment services to
:11:53. > :11:57.them is the answer. Although that would need a change in the law. That
:11:58. > :12:01.means that the payment industry would have the tools at their
:12:02. > :12:04.disposal to block the payments to those websites. In the longer term,
:12:05. > :12:10.that will disrupt the business model of the porn industry. We contacted
:12:11. > :12:15.the company behind the porn site with the most underage visitors.
:12:16. > :12:19.They told us that we do not market to children and do not want them
:12:20. > :12:22.accessing our content. The best solution lies in a multilayered
:12:23. > :12:27.approach in which the parent assumes the central role. The government
:12:28. > :12:31.says that parents can now install Internet filters to block access,
:12:32. > :12:31.but the regulator wants tougher action against the pornography
:12:32. > :12:38.industry. An inquiry is to be launched into
:12:39. > :12:42.the sale of 30 million financial products, such as pensions and
:12:43. > :12:44.endowments, over three decades. The Financial Conduct Authority wants to
:12:45. > :12:52.ensure that customers are still getting a good deal from their
:12:53. > :12:56.policies. In his only TV interview, Martin Wheatley, the chief executive
:12:57. > :13:03.of the Financial Conduct Authority said it was much needed. There are
:13:04. > :13:06.30 million policies, and ?180 million, we are concerned that
:13:07. > :13:10.people must get good value from them. Well, with me is our personal
:13:11. > :13:15.finance correspondent Simon Gompertz. 30 million products, it
:13:16. > :13:19.sounds massive. This will be a big study, the biggest I can remember
:13:20. > :13:21.because it goes back so far and applies to so many insurance
:13:22. > :13:26.policies do so many companies that they could be pensions and
:13:27. > :13:30.endowments, or savings policies that are called insurance. The worry is
:13:31. > :13:34.the charges that people have paid on them. Sometimes they paid 5% of the
:13:35. > :13:37.money when they put it in, and some cannot cash in the policies early
:13:38. > :13:42.without losing half of the investment they put in will stop so
:13:43. > :13:49.a big concern there. But speaking to the Financial Conduct Authority it
:13:50. > :13:53.sounds like it's not a compensation bonanza. It is an early, initial
:13:54. > :13:57.look. It could be that right now, taking a snapshot of the people
:13:58. > :14:03.losing out, there might be compensation in future, or it could
:14:04. > :14:09.be that they will be given the power to switch their savings from one
:14:10. > :14:17.provider to another at low cost. The time is 1:14pm. Our top story this
:14:18. > :14:24.lunchtime: The search for the missing Malaysian plane moves to a
:14:25. > :14:28.different part of the Indian Ocean. And still to come... Searching for
:14:29. > :14:35.life on Mars. Not on the Red Planet itself but up the A1M in Stevenage.
:14:36. > :14:40.On BBC London. Essex Speedway Kings begin their season tonight, asking
:14:41. > :14:43.all of London to back them. And the unsung heroes who finally take
:14:44. > :14:52.centre stage in a new Oscar-winning documentary. From midnight, same-sex
:14:53. > :14:55.couples in England and Wales who want to have a wedding, not a civil
:14:56. > :14:57.partnership, can have one. The Government's controversial
:14:58. > :15:00.legislation was passed last summer and lots of weddings will be taking
:15:01. > :15:07.place in the early hours of the morning. But it seems not everyone
:15:08. > :15:11.is happy. A poll for BBC Radio 5 Live reveals that one in five of us
:15:12. > :15:19.would turn down an invitation to a gay wedding. Our religious affairs
:15:20. > :15:25.correspondent Robert Pigott reports. I, Bernardo, take you, John, to be
:15:26. > :15:28.my wedded husband. Final preparations for a moment of
:15:29. > :15:32.history. John and Bernardo will be among the first gay Britons to tie
:15:33. > :15:35.the knot just after midnight. They say this simple act will have
:15:36. > :15:40.far-reaching complications, not just for them but the gay people
:15:41. > :15:43.throughout England and Wales. It's moving from the fringe right into
:15:44. > :15:48.the centre of society with everybody else. It's quite surprising that
:15:49. > :15:54.we've made that journey in such a relatively short space of time.
:15:55. > :15:57.Since 2005, gay couples have been able to enter civil partnerships,
:15:58. > :16:02.which provide the same legal rights as marriage. But for many, the
:16:03. > :16:04.distinction between this modern arrangement and the centuries-old
:16:05. > :16:09.tradition of marriage have left their relationship is looking
:16:10. > :16:15.second-class. For them, only full, visible equality will do. But most
:16:16. > :16:21.religious groups say that equality is coming to higher cost. They claim
:16:22. > :16:25.gay will undermine the family as a building block of society. In a
:16:26. > :16:29.catholic understanding, marriage is the union of a man and a woman. That
:16:30. > :16:32.is special and different because it's the only institution when you
:16:33. > :16:36.live in the form of children can come without anyone else being
:16:37. > :16:40.involved. So it's really important we respect the value of something
:16:41. > :16:44.unique and special. That's not to discriminate, it's just a recognise
:16:45. > :17:00.the difference. It's an issue that arouses strong feelings. 22% of
:17:01. > :17:02.respondents to a BBC poll said they would not attend the same-sex
:17:03. > :17:04.ceremony. However, other studies suggest that support for Same Sex
:17:05. > :17:06.Marriage Bill increased, from 49% in 2007, to 59% in 2012. I think it's
:17:07. > :17:13.fantastic. The world needs to progress and move forward with the
:17:14. > :17:20.times. To live together like that. Man and woman. Everyone has got to
:17:21. > :17:25.live. There's no problem in it all. Each to their own. John and Bernardo
:17:26. > :17:29.say extending marriage to gay couples will revitalise it. You
:17:30. > :17:33.could say that we are changing the institution of marriage and moving
:17:34. > :17:38.forward, we are actually improving it. Weddings have dwindled in
:17:39. > :17:41.Britain, but the symbolism of marriage remains powerful. Tonight,
:17:42. > :17:45.gay Britons will celebrate their new status as married couples and the
:17:46. > :17:52.quality they've dreamt of for decades. A male nurse has been
:17:53. > :17:54.arrested again in connection with the poisoning of patients at
:17:55. > :17:57.Stockport's Stepping Hill Hospital. Victorino Chua, who's 48, was
:17:58. > :17:59.arrested on suspicion of three counts of murder, 18 counts of
:18:00. > :18:07.causing grievous bodily harm and poisoning offences at the hospital.
:18:08. > :18:10.The authorities in America say they expect the number of fatalities from
:18:11. > :18:12.in Saturday's mudslide in Washington state to rise substantially. 16
:18:13. > :18:16.bodies have been recovered and another nine have been found. 90
:18:17. > :18:21.people remain missing after the 200ft wall of mud hit the town of
:18:22. > :18:30.Oso, north of Seattle. From there, our correspondent David Willis sent
:18:31. > :18:35.this report. As the painstaking search continued, telephone calls to
:18:36. > :18:40.the emergency services were released revealing the panic as the mudslide
:18:41. > :18:44.tour these homes apart. Hundreds of trees have fallen outside of my
:18:45. > :18:50.house. It sounded like an earthquake was happening. Are there any
:18:51. > :18:55.injuries? Yes, there are people yelling for help. Amongst the
:18:56. > :18:58.rubble, rescuers have found the body of a four -month-old girl, whose
:18:59. > :19:03.grandmother also died in the disaster. The search operation is
:19:04. > :19:07.taking its toll on volunteers. They've recovered more bodies than
:19:08. > :19:11.the figures indicate, but those bodies have yet to be formally
:19:12. > :19:16.identified. In the next few days, the death toll is expected to rise
:19:17. > :19:21.significantly. Comforted by her British friend Heather Rogers,
:19:22. > :19:25.Nicole Ribeiro told me four of her loved ones are missing. Both her
:19:26. > :19:33.parents, her 19-year-old daughter, Delaney, and Delaney's Beyonce,
:19:34. > :19:39.Alan. In other countries and places where there have been tragic
:19:40. > :19:43.mudslides and lives lost, many times bodies are not recovered and then
:19:44. > :19:47.those areas are claimed as a memorial ground. I have a feeling
:19:48. > :19:55.that may be the case in this situation, and I'm OK with that. For
:19:56. > :20:03.me, I don't need a body to know... To get closure? No, I don't. And
:20:04. > :20:06.what I want to say about Delaney. She was beautiful. I'm honoured to
:20:07. > :20:14.be her mother. I will miss her very much. I'm going to do everything in
:20:15. > :20:20.my power to help as many people as possible in honour of her and Alan
:20:21. > :20:25.and my mum and dad. The tragic story of this tight-knit community is
:20:26. > :20:28.slowly starting to unfold and the grieving has barely begun. David
:20:29. > :20:36.Willetts, BBC News, Washington state. In the first recorded case of
:20:37. > :20:39.its kind, two people have contracted tuberculosis from a pet cat. 39
:20:40. > :20:41.people were offered screening for TB last March when nine cats in
:20:42. > :20:44.Berkshire and Hampshire were found to be infected. Public Health
:20:45. > :20:48.England says the risk from cats is very low, but any owners of pets
:20:49. > :20:56.with the disease should see a doctor. Our correspondent Sophie
:20:57. > :21:00.Hutchinson has more. But thousands of years these furry friends have
:21:01. > :21:04.brought companionship to people's homes. But last year a small number
:21:05. > :21:09.of cats brought something less welcome. This is one of the nine
:21:10. > :21:15.cats known to have been infected with TB, and who passed the disease
:21:16. > :21:21.on to two people in what is believed to be the first cat to human
:21:22. > :21:26.transmission ever recorded. It is quite alarming, I agree. But put it
:21:27. > :21:30.into context. We've got a small number of cases in TB in cats, and
:21:31. > :21:34.this is the first time transmission has been documented. The risk
:21:35. > :21:42.remains very low. As I say, there is no indication that it is increasing
:21:43. > :21:47.in cats. The same strain of TB has been found in other people, but the
:21:48. > :21:51.disease is not active in them. TB can be transmitted from animals to
:21:52. > :21:55.people by breathing in or ingesting bacteria, or through contact with
:21:56. > :22:00.open wounds. All the cats were infected with bovine TB, which comes
:22:01. > :22:03.from cattle. They lived within a three-mile radius of each other, but
:22:04. > :22:08.it's thought that badgers may be behind the outbreak. Experts insist
:22:09. > :22:12.it is important to be vigilant about the health of your pet. I think
:22:13. > :22:16.people have become a little bit complacent about thinking about cats
:22:17. > :22:18.and dogs and their health. Because they usually are so healthy and
:22:19. > :22:24.we're not thinking about infectious diseases. But we have a cat or a dog
:22:25. > :22:28.with a skin lesion that won't heal or a persistent cough, we must take
:22:29. > :22:32.them to the vet to have a look at. The vet needs to be thinking that TB
:22:33. > :22:36.might be a possibility. The identities of the people infected
:22:37. > :22:40.have not been released, but they are said to be responding well to
:22:41. > :22:45.treatment. No further cases have been reported. Health experts are,
:22:46. > :22:49.however, stressing that bovine TB is extremely rare and the risk posed by
:22:50. > :22:56.cats is minimal. Sophie Hutchinson, BBC News. It was the moment Joanne
:22:57. > :23:00.Milne thought she would never experience. After being locked in a
:23:01. > :23:03.world of silence for 40 years she heard a voice for the first time.
:23:04. > :23:07.The experience of hearing something as simple as a nurse reading out the
:23:08. > :23:09.days of the week to test her implants reduced her to tears of
:23:10. > :23:17.joy. Our correspondent Danny Savage has been to meet her. I will say the
:23:18. > :23:26.days of the week again. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday... For
:23:27. > :23:31.the first time in her life, Joanne Milne has just heard something. Deaf
:23:32. > :23:34.since birth, medics have switched on the cochlear implants which have
:23:35. > :23:41.been put in her ears. And for the first time in 39 years, she can hear
:23:42. > :23:47.people speaking to her. It sounds very high. It will. This incredible
:23:48. > :23:52.moment was filmed by her mum, who was expecting her to laugh rather
:23:53. > :23:57.than cry. That video was taken on Monday, five days on and Jo is back
:23:58. > :24:03.at home in Gateshead getting used to a world of sound. It's all right,
:24:04. > :24:15.it's a big, big, life changing day-to-day. I couldn't describe what
:24:16. > :24:22.was going through my head. It was the most emotional experience I've
:24:23. > :24:29.ever experienced. The impact of sound going through my body... That
:24:30. > :24:37.moment of being able to hear for the first time. That will stay with me
:24:38. > :24:40.for the rest of my life. I can't stop crying. And it's the simple
:24:41. > :24:50.things in life which most of us take for granted that she now wants to
:24:51. > :24:55.hear. I've heard the birds, running water... When I first did it I
:24:56. > :25:00.thought... I tried it about ten times because I had to hear it again
:25:01. > :25:09.and again. It's what people take for granted, switching on the light. To
:25:10. > :25:14.me it was just amazing. May, June, July. Jo is 40 this summer and for
:25:15. > :25:27.her, life is literally beginning again. December. Danny Savage, BBC
:25:28. > :25:30.News, Gateshead. Scientists have recreated a little piece of Mars in
:25:31. > :25:33.Hertfordshire. One of the companies involved in Europe's next mission to
:25:34. > :25:36.the Red Planet, Airbus Defence and Space, has built a facility that
:25:37. > :25:40.will be used to design and test a Martian rover. It'll be sent to Mars
:25:41. > :25:43.in four years to search for life. Our science correspondent Pallab
:25:44. > :25:47.Ghosh has been to Stevenage to see it. It's Mars but not as we know
:25:48. > :25:50.it. It looks like a film set but it's actually a laboratory, to test
:25:51. > :25:59.out technologies for Europe's next mission to Mars. This is an exact
:26:00. > :26:02.replica of the Martian surface. Everything from the sand to the size
:26:03. > :26:08.of the rocks to the rough terrrain is exactly the same as it is on
:26:09. > :26:13.Mars. And it's going to be used to design the next generation of
:26:14. > :26:19.Martian rover. The prototype creeps across the surface to avoid damaging
:26:20. > :26:21.itself. But by speeding up the footage, engineers can study the
:26:22. > :26:29.weaknesses in the wheels and suspension. This terrain is quite
:26:30. > :26:32.complex to simulate on a computer, you can't build up a simulation
:26:33. > :26:37.environment of it. So we actually need the physical interactions of
:26:38. > :26:42.this rover with a real environment. NASA's Curiosity rover is currently
:26:43. > :26:48.on Mars. The European rover will be able to see better than Curiosity.
:26:49. > :26:51.What we are going to do is have it at about the height of the human
:26:52. > :26:55.above the surface. Its camera, called Pancam, is being built in
:26:56. > :27:00.Surrey. It will have small, coloured filters that will be used to find
:27:01. > :27:03.out what the rocks are made of. Curiosity at the moment can see a
:27:04. > :27:07.very small region, something like this. Pancam will be able to see a
:27:08. > :27:12.much larger region, outlined in red there. We can also zoom in and look
:27:13. > :27:16.at the blue section here in great detail, it's a high-resolution
:27:17. > :27:22.camera. With that, we'll be looking for where to drill to look for signs
:27:23. > :27:25.of life. The European mission is purpose-built to search for life. It
:27:26. > :27:33.will drill deep into the Martian surface, analyse the samples in an
:27:34. > :27:36.on-board laboratory. I think the probability of detecting life,
:27:37. > :27:40.ancient life on Mars is very good. We do know that Mars and Earth were
:27:41. > :27:46.very similar in the early history. So we would expect to find life on
:27:47. > :27:49.Mars. Four billion years ago, Mars looked like this, similar to Earth.
:27:50. > :27:54.With thick atmosphere and running water. So there's a real possibility
:27:55. > :28:00.that there was once life on the Red Planet. If there was, there's a good
:28:01. > :28:04.chance that Europe's rover will find evidence of it in just a few years
:28:05. > :28:17.time. Pallab Ghosh, BBC News, Stevenage. Three Sumatran tiger cubs
:28:18. > :28:20.born at London zoo have made their first public appearance. The
:28:21. > :28:23.seven-week-old cubs joined their mother when she ventured outside to
:28:24. > :28:27.stretch her legs a little earlier this week. The Cubs won't be named
:28:28. > :28:38.until the keepers can determine if they are boys or girls.
:28:39. > :28:45.This afternoon is going to be the last chance to catch some big
:28:46. > :28:49.thunderstorms. They will develop across the Midlands, Wales and North
:28:50. > :28:52.West England through this afternoon. Across the British Isles
:28:53. > :28:57.at the moment we have fairly extensive cloud cover. Look
:28:58. > :29:01.enviously over towards France, where they have clear, blue skies. This
:29:02. > :29:04.sunshine will be wafting towards the British Isles through this weekend.
:29:05. > :29:08.We have got some pretty decent weather coming up this weekend with
:29:09. > :29:13.some sunshine. Turning much warmer for most but not all. More details
:29:14. > :29:17.on that of a second. For Wales and south-west England, we are going to
:29:18. > :29:22.see the thunderstorms breaking out this afternoon, hailstorms mixed in
:29:23. > :29:26.as well. Towards East Anglia and South East England, the skies will
:29:27. > :29:29.brighten up with hazy sunshine in the afternoon. Shower was breaking
:29:30. > :29:33.out across the North Midlands, drifting into the north-west.
:29:34. > :29:37.Otherwise, northern England and Northern Ireland will stay rather
:29:38. > :29:42.cloudy today. A few showers for parts of southern Scotland. Writer
:29:43. > :29:46.spells to the north and west. Tonight, further pulses of rain
:29:47. > :29:50.coming up across western England and Wales. Misty over some of the hills.
:29:51. > :29:54.The driest and clearest weather towards East Anglia and south-east
:29:55. > :29:59.England as we go on through the night. Expect quite a slow start to
:30:00. > :30:03.the day on Saturday with quite a lot of cloud around. Outbreaks of rain
:30:04. > :30:06.on and off during the day in Northern Ireland. But behind this
:30:07. > :30:10.weather front, that's where we see the sunshine being pulled in across
:30:11. > :30:14.England and Wales. The winds dragging in milder air from the near
:30:15. > :30:18.continent, the temperatures are set to rise. I is potentially reaching
:30:19. > :30:27.around 19 or even 20 Celsius. It will feel beautiful in the sunshine.
:30:28. > :30:30.But the sunshine and warm weather isn't for everyone. Across the North
:30:31. > :30:32.East of Scotland and the north-eastern coast of England, we
:30:33. > :30:35.will be stuck under a layer of thick, low cloud. It could bring
:30:36. > :30:41.some rain but it will certainly dampen the temperatures. It could be
:30:42. > :30:46.occasional breaks in that cloud but a disappointing field to the weather
:30:47. > :30:50.here. Sunday, a similar picture. Rain at times for Northern Ireland.
:30:51. > :30:54.Plenty of sunshine across England and Wales. Western and southern
:30:55. > :30:58.Scotland also seeing sunny skies. Again, it's the north-east corner
:30:59. > :31:03.that misses out on the sunshine. It will be cool with temperatures up to
:31:04. > :31:08.eight degrees. Highs in the sunshine getting into the low 20s.
:31:09. > :31:15.A reminder of our top story. The hunt for the missing Malaysian plane
:31:16. > :31:20.moves to a new part of the Indian Ocean. Search planes have spotted
:31:21. > :31:21.multiple objects including this one in the