0:00:22 > 0:00:30I would like to apologise.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32There has not in a moment since this tragedy happened that I
0:00:32 > 0:00:36have not thought about her family.
0:00:36 > 0:00:43We will have all of the latest from the courtroom.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45Also this lunchtime, the search for MH370 -
0:00:45 > 0:00:48officials say two new signals have been detected consistent with
0:00:48 > 0:00:49the plane's flight recorders.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51The supermarket chain Asda announces plans to create
0:00:51 > 0:00:55up to 12,000 new jobs.
0:00:55 > 0:01:00The biggest general election in history - India goes to the polls.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02And Prince George's first royal tour.
0:01:02 > 0:01:07The eight-month old arrives with his parents in New Zealand.
0:01:07 > 0:01:08Later on BBC London:
0:01:08 > 0:01:13Police hunt a man who attacked three women with a hammer at a hotel.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15And women complain after being photographed eating on the tube
0:01:15 > 0:01:23and finding their images online.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.
0:01:40 > 0:01:46Oscar Pistorius has begun giving evidence at his trial for the murder
0:01:46 > 0:01:48of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51He repeated his claim that he'd mistaken her
0:01:51 > 0:01:54for an intruder when he shot her dead at their home last year.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57He told the court, I was simply trying to protect Reeva.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00He also apologised to her family, saying he could not imagine
0:02:00 > 0:02:02the pain, sorrow and emptiness he had caused them.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04Let's cross to Pretoria and our Africa correspondent,
0:02:04 > 0:02:12Andrew Harding.
0:02:12 > 0:02:17It has been quite a dramatic morning here in court.
0:02:17 > 0:02:21The focus finally shifting to Oscar Pistorius himself.
0:02:21 > 0:02:28His testimony will be central to the trial.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30It may be a disappointment to those following on television,
0:02:30 > 0:02:32but only the audio of his testimony is being broadcast.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35No video this morning.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38A crucial day for Oscar Pistorius as he arrives in court to begin
0:02:38 > 0:02:42his defence.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44Much hangs on the credibility of his version of what happened
0:02:44 > 0:02:50the night he shot Reeva Steenkamp.
0:02:50 > 0:02:56May I start off with my evidence by tendering an apology...
0:02:56 > 0:02:58The athlete turned to the public gallery where
0:02:58 > 0:03:00lady-macro's mother was sitting.
0:03:00 > 0:03:11I would like to apologise.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14There has not been a moment since this tragedy happened that I
0:03:14 > 0:03:18have not thought about her family.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20I wake up every morning and you are the first people I think
0:03:20 > 0:03:23of, the first people I pray for.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26I cannot imagine the pain and the sorrow this has caused you
0:03:26 > 0:03:31and your family.
0:03:31 > 0:03:36I was simply trying to protect Reeva.
0:03:36 > 0:03:43I can promise that when she went to bed that night, she felt loved.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45Oscar Pistorius went on to describe how he had been
0:03:45 > 0:03:48affected by her death.
0:03:48 > 0:03:59I have terrible nightmares about things that happened that night.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02I wake up and I can smell blood and I wake up to being terrified.
0:04:02 > 0:04:13His sister listened in tears.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15Oscar Pistorius went on to talk about his childhood,
0:04:15 > 0:04:20how he battled disability and his mother's early death.
0:04:20 > 0:04:32The trial has his -- has resumed and he is back on the stand.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35There will be updated throughout the day on the BBC News Channel plus a
0:04:35 > 0:04:42special programme each evening with the key moment of the day at 7:30pm
0:04:42 > 0:04:45say two underwater sounds picked up by an Australian ship are consistent
0:04:45 > 0:04:47with signals from an aircraft's black box recorders.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49Officials say it's the most promising lead they've had
0:04:49 > 0:04:51so far, with Malaysia's transport minister saying he was cautiously
0:04:51 > 0:04:52hopeful about the findings.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55The plane with 239 people on board was flying from
0:04:55 > 0:04:58Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on 8th of March when it disappeared.
0:04:58 > 0:05:16Richard Galpin has the latest.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18The Australian Navy ship the ocean shield has been launching
0:05:18 > 0:05:21this high-tech sound detector to try to pick up any underwater signals
0:05:21 > 0:05:39from the plane's black-box data recorder.
0:05:39 > 0:05:47Price now it has picked up distinctive pings.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49This would be consistent with data from the Accord -- with
0:05:49 > 0:05:56the recorders.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59This is a most promising lead and in the third so far it is probably
0:05:59 > 0:06:03the best information we have had -- in the search.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05The area they are searching off Western Australia is now well
0:06:05 > 0:06:10defined.
0:06:10 > 0:06:11The ship the ocean shield is currently
0:06:11 > 0:06:26manoeuvring to try to pick up the underwater signal for a third time.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29If they gain another acoustic event, that will be the trigger to launch
0:06:29 > 0:06:31the autonomous underwater vehicle would be more at Croke -- with
0:06:31 > 0:06:32the more accurate sonar.
0:06:32 > 0:06:33First, this underwater sound detector must
0:06:33 > 0:06:39pick up the signal again.
0:06:39 > 0:06:40So that the Australian Navy can pinpoint
0:06:40 > 0:06:41where the sound is coming from.
0:06:41 > 0:06:50Everyone here is a work time is running out.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52The batteries on the plane's black-box recorders
0:06:52 > 0:06:54may only last a few more days.
0:06:54 > 0:07:02The new developments have been the most promising we have had.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04I urge all nations and the international community to unite in
0:07:04 > 0:07:10their prayers and not give up hope.
0:07:10 > 0:07:11Everyone involved in this long search is still being
0:07:11 > 0:07:14very cautious in stock but today there has been more optimism that
0:07:14 > 0:07:16the mystery could be resolved.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19Let us talk to our transport correspondent.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22A significant development this.
0:07:22 > 0:07:27What happens now?
0:07:27 > 0:07:30I cannot tell you how incredible it would be if they have
0:07:30 > 0:07:31stumbled over these signals.
0:07:31 > 0:07:35The listening device trickles along at a few miles an hour.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37They are searching an area the size of Britain.
0:07:37 > 0:07:38They have found no wreckage.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41No expert gave them a hope of hearing anything.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44Let us hope they have unlocked something.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47They will need to find the signal again.
0:07:47 > 0:07:53It helps them pinpoint the location.
0:07:53 > 0:07:58Then they send the kit down which can map the bottom of the ocean.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01It uses sonar and cameras and they can seriously start trying
0:08:01 > 0:08:01to find wreckage.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04It is a very long slow process.
0:08:04 > 0:08:08They rock can look like the wheel of an aircraft.
0:08:08 > 0:08:13If they can confirm the signal, they will know roughly where to look.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15Incredibly promising lead but they have not found the aircraft yet.
0:08:15 > 0:08:20Thank you very much.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23Eight-month old Prince George has begun his first overseas visit.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge landed this morning in New Zealand
0:08:26 > 0:08:29with their son on the first day of a three-week tour down under.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31The tour began with a traditional Maori welcome.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33Our royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell sent this report
0:08:33 > 0:08:36from Wellington.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38The weather was not at all what people had wanted.
0:08:38 > 0:08:51Low cloud and driving rain.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54The Royal New Zealand Air Force brought them on the final leg
0:08:54 > 0:08:56of their flight from London, the door opened and there with
0:08:56 > 0:09:01his parents was the baby so many have been so keen to see.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04George, eight and a half months old now, getting a final reassuring
0:09:04 > 0:09:06tweak from his mother before emerging for the first high-profile
0:09:06 > 0:09:07appearance outside of the UK.
0:09:07 > 0:09:08The first time he has been seen properly
0:09:08 > 0:09:13since his christening last October.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15A blustery first encounter with New Zealand at the start
0:09:15 > 0:09:17of a three-week visit to both New Zealand and Australia.
0:09:17 > 0:09:18How had he coped with the flight?
0:09:18 > 0:09:23Much like any other eight-month-old probably.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25He looked composed at the end of it, if rather disinterested
0:09:25 > 0:09:34in the line of people there to welcome his mum and dad.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36George was taken for a rest supposedly, but from
0:09:36 > 0:09:40the look of him, that may not have fitted with his plans for the day.
0:09:40 > 0:09:41William and Catherine headed to the Governor
0:09:41 > 0:09:52general's residence for the official welcoming to New Zealand.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54The Maori ceremony began with spear waving, but before long,
0:09:54 > 0:09:57noses were being robbed.
0:09:57 > 0:10:15The couple could be King and Queen of New Zealand as things stand.
0:10:15 > 0:10:17The serious part is trying to fathom whether New Zealand's and warmth
0:10:17 > 0:10:19and enthusiasm towards the family amounts to a wish to retain
0:10:19 > 0:10:21the monarchy for the remainder potentially of this century.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24The supermarket chain Asda says it's planning to create at least 12,000
0:10:24 > 0:10:26jobs over the next five years.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29It's part of the company?s plans to open nearly 200 new outlets.
0:10:29 > 0:10:34Let's speak to our chief economics correspondent, Hugh Pym
0:10:34 > 0:10:37Asda talk about the potential for 12,000 jobs.
0:10:37 > 0:10:43What do they mean by that?
0:10:43 > 0:10:45They are saying, we have a plan and we want to
0:10:45 > 0:10:57deliver this over five years.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59If it goes according to what has been set out in the announcement
0:10:59 > 0:11:02today, it will create 12,000 new jobs in parts of the country work
0:11:02 > 0:11:04Asda currently isn't represented, quite a lot in the south.
0:11:04 > 0:11:04It is not definite.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07Why they are doing this is there is a big shake-up going on
0:11:07 > 0:11:13in the supermarket world.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15Tesco are pulling back from large stores in terms
0:11:15 > 0:11:17of new builds, Asda are saying they want to build 40 large stores.
0:11:17 > 0:11:22They think there is potential.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24Some of the other jobs will be in smaller supermarkets
0:11:24 > 0:11:26and also signed him -- also something forecourt stores.
0:11:26 > 0:11:31They want to develop more click and collect.
0:11:31 > 0:11:36There is a lot of new activity going on in the supermarket sector.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39It is part of Asda's plan to catch up in some areas with what
0:11:39 > 0:11:43their competitors are doing.
0:11:43 > 0:11:47The overall boss has been in the UK today.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49He is saying he is confident these plans can be delivered.
0:11:49 > 0:11:53The UK is a great place to do business.
0:11:53 > 0:11:55David Cameron was pleased to hear that and was with him.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58Supermarkets are often creating new jobs.
0:11:58 > 0:12:03Other sectors of retailing are taking jobs away.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06RBS last week announced plans to close branches for example.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09Thank you very much.
0:12:09 > 0:12:13The political crisis in Ukraine deepened today when pro-Russian
0:12:13 > 0:12:15demonstrators who'd seized government buildings in the eastern
0:12:15 > 0:12:18Ukrainian city of Donetsk called for the creation of a people's
0:12:18 > 0:12:19republic, independent from Kiev.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22The group have also asked Moscow to send in what it called
0:12:22 > 0:12:23a peace-keeping force.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25Ukraine's interim Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has accused Russia
0:12:25 > 0:12:27of fomenting the unrest.
0:12:27 > 0:12:42Here's our world affairs correspondent, Emily Buchanan.
0:12:42 > 0:12:47Much more than a protest in the Ukraine in the -- city of Donetsk.
0:12:47 > 0:12:59A victory after fierce clashes over the weekend.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02They are pushing for a referendum raising ominous parallels with
0:13:02 > 0:13:04events in Crimea were a referendum ended up with annexation by Russia.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06Armed men have also taken over the security service headquarters
0:13:06 > 0:13:10in a city near the Russian border.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12Outside, placards read, no to NATO.
0:13:12 > 0:13:17Why would I want NATO?
0:13:17 > 0:13:20I want to go home and see my family and Russia.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22For that, I need a passport to cross the border?
0:13:22 > 0:13:32To see my aunt, my sisters, my cousins?
0:13:32 > 0:13:33Overnight, there was another violent invasion
0:13:33 > 0:13:36of a local government building.
0:13:36 > 0:13:40Ukraine is now accusing Russia of sowing and rest.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43-- unrest.
0:13:43 > 0:14:05TRANSLATION:
0:14:05 > 0:14:07It is clear it is the realisation of an anti-Ukrainian anti-Abergavenny
0:14:07 > 0:14:10LAN, a plan to destabilise the situation, a plan for foreign
0:14:10 > 0:14:12troops to cross the border and sees the territory which we will
0:14:12 > 0:14:13not allow -- anti-Abergavenny.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16Emily Buchanan.
0:14:16 > 0:14:20David Cameron has again been defending his Culture Secretary
0:14:20 > 0:14:22Maria Miller as the row over her expenses rumbles on.
0:14:22 > 0:14:24He insisted she was doing a good job.
0:14:24 > 0:14:32Let's get more from our political correspondent, Carole Walker.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34The Prime Minister has had to defend Maria Miller twice in a week,
0:14:34 > 0:14:37how much pressure is there?
0:14:37 > 0:14:41Clearly another day in the headlines for all of the wrong reasons.
0:14:41 > 0:15:02It is not what Maria Miller or Downing Street would want.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04A sense of frustration by some Conservative MPs out there
0:15:04 > 0:15:07campaigning for European elections, wanting to talk about the economy,
0:15:07 > 0:15:09finding instead the spectre of MPs' expenses is what is
0:15:09 > 0:15:10on the minds of the people.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12The Telegraph today suggested Maria Miller was trying to wriggle
0:15:12 > 0:15:24out of paying capital gains tax on her home in Embleton.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26They point to the fact that letters were sent out in 2009 from
0:15:26 > 0:15:28the Commons authorities seeking an undertaking that she would pay any
0:15:28 > 0:15:30capital gains tax due on the house.
0:15:30 > 0:15:34She stopped making claims.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37Her team say it is wrong and Maria Miller had already stopped
0:15:37 > 0:15:41making any claims on the property in Wimbledon.
0:15:41 > 0:15:49They also point out the house was sold a couple of months ago.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52It has not been assessed for any tax liabilities and if she is asked to
0:15:52 > 0:15:53pay any tax on it, she will do so.
0:15:53 > 0:15:58For the time being, the Prime Minister is standing.
0:15:58 > 0:16:08Behind Maria Miller and she does seem determined to ride it out.
0:16:08 > 0:16:18There are questions about whether the system needs to change to stop
0:16:18 > 0:16:20No Our top story this lunchtime, Oscar Pistorius has begun giving
0:16:20 > 0:16:25evidence at his murder trial.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27He has repeated his claim that he thought he was shooting
0:16:27 > 0:16:30an instructor -- intruder when he shot his girlfriend dead last year.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33And still to come, we look back at the life and career of
0:16:33 > 0:16:38the Hollywood great, Mickey Rooney, who's died at the age of 93.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40Later, I will have all the sport as Sunderland look to escape
0:16:40 > 0:16:42the relegation zone.
0:16:42 > 0:16:46They play Tottenham tonight and we will hear from both managers.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58The biggest general election in history has begun in India.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01It's so big that even though polling began today, voting won't
0:17:01 > 0:17:03actually end until May the 12th.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06Over 800 million voters, 100 million more than
0:17:06 > 0:17:14in the elections of 2009, are eligible to vote, at 930,000 polling
0:17:14 > 0:17:17stations, with a final result due in six weeks, on May 16th.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20The election sees the ruling Congress party,
0:17:20 > 0:17:26now headed by the latest member of India's influential Nehru-Gandhi
0:17:26 > 0:17:29dynasty, Rahul Gandhi, pitted against the Hindu nationalist, BJP.
0:17:29 > 0:17:37Let's cross to Jon Sopel, who's in Mumbai.
0:17:37 > 0:17:42Matthew, thank you and welcome to Mumbai.
0:17:42 > 0:17:43As you say, the world's biggest election
0:17:43 > 0:17:51in a very big and noisy country.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53We are outside the chakra party terminus, which was the Victorian
0:17:53 > 0:18:00terminus in colonial times.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02If I wanted to catch a train from their 2-goal to Assam where
0:18:02 > 0:18:05voting is taking place, I could do so but it will take me
0:18:05 > 0:18:07three and a half days to get there.
0:18:07 > 0:18:08It is 1700 miles away.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10It gives you an idea of the size of this country.
0:18:10 > 0:18:16Our correspondent is there.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19They queued up from the early hours of the morning at this polling
0:18:19 > 0:18:21station set up in April school.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23Women almost outnumbering men.
0:18:23 > 0:18:31Standing patiently for hours in 30 degrees heat.
0:18:31 > 0:18:35Once inside, a quick identity check.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37After which, their fingers are marked with indelible ink to make
0:18:37 > 0:18:40sure that no one votes twice.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43It has been a solid start on day one of the voting.
0:18:43 > 0:18:47A pretty good turnout.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49And that is always a sign that the voters want to send
0:18:49 > 0:18:52the politicians a strong message.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54Assam has not kept pace with the rest of India
0:18:54 > 0:18:57when it comes to development.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00There is a sense sometimes hear that they have been left out.
0:19:00 > 0:19:04A sense of frustration and even of alienation.
0:19:04 > 0:19:11This is tea growing country.
0:19:11 > 0:19:13The plantations dotting this region were set up by the British
0:19:13 > 0:19:16in the 19th century to produce the world-famous Assam tea.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19But while the industry has prospered, the tea growers have not.
0:19:19 > 0:19:23This is three generations of one family.
0:19:23 > 0:19:24Father, son and grandson.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27They are all going to vote in these polls.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30They lived by the plantation.
0:19:30 > 0:19:35Conditions that have seen little improvement over the years.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38The tin shacks that serve as their homes offer no protection
0:19:38 > 0:19:38against the heat.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41There is no electricity or proper health care.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44TRANSLATION:
0:19:44 > 0:19:49The British worst year and I have been working here since then.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51They left and I voted in the first elections
0:19:51 > 0:19:54and all the elections since then.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56TRANSLATION:
0:19:56 > 0:20:00We're not asking for much.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02All we want is someone who will help us.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04We work so hard but our wages are low.
0:20:04 > 0:20:08The tea industry is making a profit but we get no share of those.
0:20:08 > 0:20:09TRANSLATION:
0:20:09 > 0:20:10I am voting for the first time.
0:20:10 > 0:20:14So I really excited.
0:20:14 > 0:20:15Our lives here are pathetic.
0:20:15 > 0:20:21There is no future for me here.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24I'll want to vote for someone who will give me an opportunity to move
0:20:24 > 0:20:26out from here and begin a new life.
0:20:26 > 0:20:30Now it is decision time for Assam and the rest of India.
0:20:30 > 0:20:43Five weeks from now, we will know who they have backed.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45So voting goes on until May the 12th and then the
0:20:45 > 0:20:49result is declared four days later.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51But that may or may just be the beginning
0:20:51 > 0:20:53because with horse trading going on to form a coalition government,
0:20:53 > 0:20:56it can take weeks after that.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58India may be the world's biggest democracy but voters here also
0:20:58 > 0:21:00have to be the most patient.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03Shrien Dewani, the man accused of arranging the murder of his wife,
0:21:03 > 0:21:06Anni, during their honeymoon, is due to to South Africa this evening.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09For him, it will be the end of a three year
0:21:09 > 0:21:11legal battle against extradition.
0:21:11 > 0:21:16For the family of his murdered wife, it's the beginning of a process,
0:21:16 > 0:21:22they hope.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24That will uncover the truth, about what really happened when
0:21:24 > 0:21:26Anni Dewani was shot dead in 2010.
0:21:26 > 0:21:27Jon Kay reports.
0:21:27 > 0:21:35It was November 2010 when Anni Dewani was shot dead while
0:21:35 > 0:21:37on honeymoon in South Africa, apparently the victim
0:21:37 > 0:21:41of a carjacking outside Cape Town.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44But the South African authorities believe that carjacking was ordered
0:21:44 > 0:21:46by her new husband, Shrien Dewani.
0:21:46 > 0:21:51The couple, seen here on CCTV just before she was killed.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54Prosecutors claim that the 34-year-old businessman wanted
0:21:54 > 0:21:58his bride dead and so paid a local taxi driver to organise it.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01For more than three years, they have been trying to have him
0:22:01 > 0:22:04extradited to face those allegations at the businessman's lawyers say
0:22:04 > 0:22:05that he is not well enough.
0:22:05 > 0:22:09Instead, he has remained in a mental health unit where he is said to be
0:22:09 > 0:22:14suffering from severe post-traumatic stress disorder and depression.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17But after a High Court decision last month, it seems his legal fight in
0:22:17 > 0:22:21the UK is now over and today he is expected to be taken from Bristol
0:22:21 > 0:22:24and then flown to Cape Town.
0:22:24 > 0:22:28On arrival there tomorrow, it is understood that he will appear
0:22:28 > 0:22:32in court and then on to a high security hospital where he will be
0:22:32 > 0:22:35assessed by psychiatrists who will decide if he is fit to stand trial.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37Anni Dewani's relatives have described the last three years
0:22:37 > 0:22:42as torture and have told the BBC they desperately need answers.
0:22:42 > 0:22:46Finally, this case is going to be about Anni.
0:22:46 > 0:22:52Up till now, it has been about everything but Anni.
0:22:52 > 0:22:57So we are relieved and pleased that this might end this case.
0:22:57 > 0:23:01We are getting closer to closure.
0:23:01 > 0:23:05Shrien Dewani denies any involvement in his wife's death.
0:23:05 > 0:23:07Three local men have already been jailed for their parts
0:23:07 > 0:23:12in her murder.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15Young and vulnerable victims face an unacceptable ordeal
0:23:15 > 0:23:18in courtrooms in England and Wales, according to the former Director
0:23:18 > 0:23:20of Public Prosecutions.
0:23:20 > 0:23:35Sir Keir Starmer is heading the Labour Party's new
0:23:35 > 0:23:37He says it's time to consider changing
0:23:37 > 0:23:39the way courts question victims, who can be on the stand
0:23:39 > 0:23:41for hours or, in some cases, days.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43One of the all time Hollywood greats, Mickey Rooney,
0:23:43 > 0:23:45has died at the age of 93.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48His career began in Vaudeville, when he was just 18 months old,
0:23:48 > 0:23:50but spanned nine decades, during which he starred alongside some
0:23:50 > 0:23:52of the greatest names in cinema.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54Nick Higham looks back at his life.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56# I said good morning # The sun is shining
0:23:56 > 0:23:58# Good morning # Hear the birdies sing
0:23:58 > 0:24:00# It's great to stay up late
0:24:00 > 0:24:02# Good morning, good morning to you.
0:24:02 > 0:24:07Mickey Rooney was 19 when he made Babes in Arms with Judy Garland.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09She was still learning to be a star.
0:24:09 > 0:24:14He was the real thing, a veteran of 120 films.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17He was an irrepressible child star, playing Mickey McGuire in one series
0:24:17 > 0:24:20He was an irrepressible child star, playing Mickey McGuire in one series
0:24:20 > 0:24:22of more than 60 comedy shorts.
0:24:22 > 0:24:26Then Andy Hardy, the all-American boy nextdoor.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28I couldn't tell you nothing before!
0:24:28 > 0:24:30I didn't have no partner in the bank!
0:24:30 > 0:24:33I couldn't tell you because I couldn't give my brother up!
0:24:33 > 0:24:34He could act as well.
0:24:34 > 0:24:38He played opposite Spencer Tracy
0:24:38 > 0:24:40Lots of vinegar, I'll grant you.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43And he played opposite another child star, Liz Taylor,
0:24:43 > 0:24:45in National Velvet.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47He's loose!
0:24:47 > 0:24:51But he grew up too quickly and his private life was a mess.
0:24:51 > 0:24:55He married eight times, the first time to Ava Gardner,
0:24:55 > 0:24:59and went broke twice.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01The self-styled rubber ball of showbiz, he made endless comebacks,
0:25:01 > 0:25:04often in films for children.
0:25:04 > 0:25:08Acting, he maintained, wasn't work.
0:25:08 > 0:25:14Being in a business where you're so fortunate to just be a gron-up kid
0:25:14 > 0:25:17playing make believe and memorising some lines to do before the camera.
0:25:17 > 0:25:26That's a walk in the park.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29He lived a long life and made over 300 films but never matched
0:25:29 > 0:25:42the brilliance and charm of those early films with Judy Garland.
0:25:46 > 0:25:49In many way, our modern world is more inter-connected than ever
0:25:49 > 0:25:51before, thanks to things like the internet and social media.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54But do we really feel closer to the people around us?
0:25:54 > 0:25:57The BBC has commissioned research, called 'Who Do We Think We Are',
0:25:57 > 0:26:00looking in detail at our own identity
0:26:00 > 0:26:02and who we feel most connected to.
0:26:02 > 0:26:27Here's our Home Editor, Mark Easton.
0:26:27 > 0:26:28With European elections, Scottish independence referendums and
0:26:28 > 0:26:31the Commonwealth Games and football World Cup, 4014 is the year when
0:26:31 > 0:26:33our relationship with each other and the wider world will be tested.
0:26:33 > 0:26:34I am in Northern Irish.
0:26:34 > 0:26:35I am Welsh.
0:26:35 > 0:26:45I am British, not English.
0:26:45 > 0:26:51I am British, not English.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53In a major face-to-face survey for the BBC, we asked people across
0:26:53 > 0:26:56the UK if they feel more less connected than decade ago with other
0:26:56 > 0:27:00people in their neighbourhoods, country and the wider world.
0:27:00 > 0:27:026% more said that their connection with people in
0:27:02 > 0:27:04their neighbourhoods was stronger, rather than weaker with the wider
0:27:04 > 0:27:05world the difference was 11%.
0:27:05 > 0:27:06But ask about the connection with people
0:27:06 > 0:27:11in their country, 9% more said it was now weaker than stronger.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13Our sense of connectivity seems to be more local and international
0:27:13 > 0:27:17at the same time.
0:27:17 > 0:27:19Perhaps people living 100 miles away in your own country are
0:27:19 > 0:27:25just somehow less interesting.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28These doctors in Manchester are baking for a local cake sale.
0:27:28 > 0:27:29Raising funds for Syrian refugees.
0:27:29 > 0:27:37I think it is worth it.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39I feel locally connected to the community, especially as a doctor.
0:27:39 > 0:27:48I'm working with a lot of people in the community.
0:27:48 > 0:27:49You are also then having an international perspective, through
0:27:49 > 0:27:53the contact with the outside world.
0:27:53 > 0:27:59Our survey tried to unpick our relationship with the wider world.
0:27:59 > 0:28:03We asked people to look beyond our shores.
0:28:03 > 0:28:05The outlook and values of which country outside of the United
0:28:05 > 0:28:11Kingdom is closest to their own.
0:28:11 > 0:28:12In all of the countries in the world,
0:28:12 > 0:28:15four lead the way when it comes to their outlook matching our own.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18Tied for first place with 9%, Australia and the United States.
0:28:18 > 0:28:27Third equal with Germany and France.
0:28:27 > 0:28:30By the end of the year, the people of the United Kingdom
0:28:30 > 0:28:32must reflect on these relationships and consider the question.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34Who do we think we are?
0:28:34 > 0:28:46Time to consider what the weather is doing.
0:28:46 > 0:28:48Plenty of opportunity today to get rained on.
0:28:48 > 0:28:51Some of that will be on the heavy side.
0:28:51 > 0:28:53Some of that will be on the heavy side.
0:28:53 > 0:28:56Some hail and thunder in the next, onto the evening.
0:28:56 > 0:29:00We can see the UK is buried under a cloud.
0:29:00 > 0:29:02Something clear out West, heading our way for tonight
0:29:02 > 0:29:06and into tomorrow.
0:29:06 > 0:29:08In fact, that greater regime is coming across Northern Ireland
0:29:08 > 0:29:10through this afternoon.
0:29:10 > 0:29:12Ahead of it, blustery wind.
0:29:12 > 0:29:21A second band of rain moving eastwards across us.
0:29:21 > 0:29:23Some of that could be heavy and thundery, from parts of Yorkshire
0:29:23 > 0:29:26down through the East Midlands and on words into East Anglia.
0:29:26 > 0:29:27This is five o'clock.
0:29:27 > 0:29:30Some wet weather around to the West.
0:29:30 > 0:29:34Behind that, things clearing up nicely.
0:29:34 > 0:29:38The wind is switching to the West, ringing in clear skies.
0:29:38 > 0:29:42-- bringing in.
0:29:42 > 0:29:47A bit of an edge to the wind.
0:29:47 > 0:29:58Across Northern Ireland, some heavy showers going into this evening.
0:29:58 > 0:30:05Generally, the best of the weather...
0:30:05 > 0:30:09Overnight, southeasterly parks, we will keep a brisk breeze going.
0:30:09 > 0:30:16Some long, clear spells going.
0:30:16 > 0:30:19It will feel colder than it did last night for many
0:30:19 > 0:30:21of us with temperatures well down into the single figures.
0:30:21 > 0:30:23A touch of frost not completely out of the
0:30:23 > 0:30:24question but it will be a struggle.
0:30:24 > 0:30:25What about tomorrow?
0:30:25 > 0:30:26Still plenty of isobars on the chart.
0:30:26 > 0:30:30A breezy day.
0:30:30 > 0:30:34That will tend to kill off the showers through the day.
0:30:34 > 0:30:39North-western areas prone to one or two.
0:30:39 > 0:30:45Across Northern Ireland, they will run through quickly.
0:30:45 > 0:30:47Sunny spells for most of us that a fresh feel to the date
0:30:47 > 0:30:49with a brisk wind blowing in.
0:30:49 > 0:30:50Temperatures around about ten or 11.
0:30:50 > 0:30:52Actually, that is right for April.
0:30:52 > 0:30:58We will see above-average temperatures in both places.
0:30:58 > 0:31:03Temperatures picking up again with a stark change of wind direction.
0:31:03 > 0:31:07Most of us will be dry with rain across the North West of Scotland.
0:31:07 > 0:31:08Even that will fade away as we go through
0:31:08 > 0:31:11into the second half of the week was not quieter weather on the way.
0:31:11 > 0:31:14into the second half of the week was not quieter weather on the way.
0:31:14 > 0:31:14Thanks, Peter.
0:31:14 > 0:31:17Just a reminder of our top story.
0:31:17 > 0:31:21Oscar Pistorius has begun giving evidence at his murder trial.
0:31:21 > 0:31:24He has repeated his claim that he thought he shot an intruder when he
0:31:24 > 0:31:29shot dead his girlfriends last year.
0:31:29 > 0:31:30You can see continuing coverage of Oscar Pistorius' trial