:00:00. > :00:07.It's claimed that at least five pro-Russian separatists have
:00:08. > :00:14.The new clashes happened in the pro-Russian east of the country.
:00:15. > :00:16.Russia's president Putin warns there will be consequences if the
:00:17. > :00:21.Ukrainian government uses the army against its own people.
:00:22. > :00:25.British counter-terrorism police appeal to Muslim women to stop
:00:26. > :00:30.their relatives travelling to Syria to fight in the civil war.
:00:31. > :00:32.Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone appears in court
:00:33. > :00:39.A warning that the number of elderly people in England needing care will
:00:40. > :00:44.soon outstrip the number of family members able to provide it.
:00:45. > :00:47.Crime in England and Wales fell by 15% last year according to
:00:48. > :00:52.And for the first time, the Cornish are to be recognised as a national
:00:53. > :01:00.The FBI tries to identify victims of a paedophile who taught
:01:01. > :01:06.And a post mortem is due to be carried out on the bodies of three
:01:07. > :01:29.Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.
:01:30. > :01:31.Ukrainian officials claim up to five pro-Russian rebels have been killed
:01:32. > :01:35.in clashes with government forces in the east of the country.
:01:36. > :01:37.The interior ministry described them as terrorists, and said they died
:01:38. > :01:40.when Ukrainian troops destroyed three illegal checkpoints
:01:41. > :01:46.The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, says if Kiev uses
:01:47. > :01:49.its forces against its own people it would be a serious crime
:01:50. > :02:03.Our world affairs correspondent Nick Childs has the latest.
:02:04. > :02:08.Abandoned and inflamed, pro-Russian checkpoint on the way to the eastern
:02:09. > :02:14.Ukrainian town of Slaviansk. Some progress finally perhaps in the Kiev
:02:15. > :02:16.authoritiesmacro-poss operation to establish their control here. But
:02:17. > :02:20.what is the real significance of this move and what is the potential
:02:21. > :02:25.cost? In terms of inflamed tensions on the ground and anger in Moscow?
:02:26. > :02:29.Kiev says up to five separatists were killed as its forces advanced
:02:30. > :02:33.here. At the centre of the pro-Russian revolt, they have been
:02:34. > :02:38.as entrenched as ever as they wonder what might come next. And already,
:02:39. > :02:42.from Russia's president, somewhat ominous response. The latest action,
:02:43. > :02:46.he said, is a punitive operation and will of course incur consequences
:02:47. > :02:52.for the people making these decisions. International tensions
:02:53. > :03:01.were already simmering from far-off Japan. President at
:03:02. > :03:12.so far at least we have seen not abide by the spirit or the letter of
:03:13. > :03:20.the agreement in Geneva. Instead, we consider that continue to seek
:03:21. > :03:31.militias and armed men taking over buildings, harassing folks who are
:03:32. > :03:33.disagreeing with them. Helicopters circle over Slaviansk as the
:03:34. > :03:36.international accusations fly back and forth over who was to blame for
:03:37. > :03:44.the failure to escalate this high-stakes stand-off. It's scary,
:03:45. > :03:54.I'm frightened for my baby. He's only just been born. I'm very
:03:55. > :03:56.worried. These pictures show the military taking mother checkpoint
:03:57. > :04:00.outside the time but also been reported equality pulled back again.
:04:01. > :04:04.Such confusion, the risk of miscarriage elation in this crisis
:04:05. > :04:16.both within Ukraine and beyond remains high. That's big to
:04:17. > :04:22.Bridget. He spoke in consequences but what does he mean? Russian
:04:23. > :04:25.officials from various spokesmen right up to President Putin himself
:04:26. > :04:30.said Russia would only send troops into eastern Ukraine as a last
:04:31. > :04:32.resort. But, at the same time have left open the possibility there
:04:33. > :04:35.could be Russian military intervention as a way to protect
:04:36. > :04:43.people there from widespread bloodshed. Sergei Lavrov said it
:04:44. > :04:47.Russian citizens found themselves in danger, that was a threat to Russia
:04:48. > :04:51.itself. If you look closely at what President Putin said today, this was
:04:52. > :04:57.another warning of consequences but it didn't sound to me like a final
:04:58. > :05:02.warning. For a start, this wasn't a nationwide address. That's when you
:05:03. > :05:05.get a sign of something momentous about to happen. There was immediate
:05:06. > :05:10.conference and he tried to answer it. He'd only had media reports of
:05:11. > :05:16.what has happened in eastern Ukraine, in other words, had to find
:05:17. > :05:19.out what was going on. Further, he said if the Ukrainian government had
:05:20. > :05:23.used force against its own people, it would be a serious crime and the
:05:24. > :05:27.consequences but then he said, consequences on the people who took
:05:28. > :05:30.the decision, consequences on interstate relations, that doesn't
:05:31. > :05:34.sound like consequences I'm going to order my soldiers over the border
:05:35. > :05:37.with yet. He went on to say B will see how things develop and then we
:05:38. > :05:40.will draw conclusions based on what is happening on the ground. What I
:05:41. > :05:45.conclude from that is the situation in eastern Ukraine is getting more
:05:46. > :05:48.tense and uncertain all the time. A lot of rhetoric on all sides but
:05:49. > :05:50.everybody at the moment are still holding back from the brink.
:05:51. > :05:53.Bridget, thank you. Counter terrorism police are urging
:05:54. > :05:56.British Muslim women to come forward if they're concerned that
:05:57. > :05:58.their relatives may be planning to The move follows a series of deaths
:05:59. > :06:03.of British men who have been killed The new campaign in Britain is
:06:04. > :06:06.focusing on the mothers, wives and girlfriends
:06:07. > :06:08.of would-be Jihadists in the hope Our security correspondent
:06:09. > :06:25.Gordon Corera reports. This man, the first British suicide
:06:26. > :06:31.bomber in Syria, and this man, a British teenager from Brighton
:06:32. > :06:33.killed last week. Just two of the British men who've died after
:06:34. > :06:38.joining anti-government rebels in Syria. This man went to Syria were
:06:39. > :06:43.two of his brothers driven by the desire to do something for that one
:06:44. > :06:48.originally going on an aid convoy. Their mother is distraught, says the
:06:49. > :06:52.boys auntie. She is desperate and wants to go and speak to them, to do
:06:53. > :07:00.anything she can. And, you know, it's very hard to accept, isn't it,
:07:01. > :07:04.that well, three of them have gone. And one of them is dead. And she
:07:05. > :07:09.still trying, you know, to bring the others back. Today, national
:07:10. > :07:14.campaign is being launched by police to try and stop more people going.
:07:15. > :07:18.They are appealing to women, mothers, wives and girlfriends to
:07:19. > :07:23.intervene. Persuade people not to go, and work with the authorities.
:07:24. > :07:27.Police are not alone poisonous for have a range of committee members,
:07:28. > :07:30.organisations, women from across the country who will be able to be
:07:31. > :07:36.approached and to be approached and look after families. The police have
:07:37. > :07:40.also been taking a tougher line, 40 Syria related terrorism arrests so
:07:41. > :07:45.far this year. Up from 25 in the whole of last ear. For those working
:07:46. > :07:48.in the community, it's hard to counter the attraction of those
:07:49. > :07:54.trying to recruit people over social media, online. There are people who
:07:55. > :07:58.are going to want to recruit foreign fighters, including from Britain.
:07:59. > :08:02.And they will use coded language, as well, through social media. So, you
:08:03. > :08:08.know, it's being aware of all these dangers. Many of the hundreds of
:08:09. > :08:12.Britons have gone to Syria have been motivated by humanitarian concerns.
:08:13. > :08:15.But the fear is, even they could be radicalised. And that those who
:08:16. > :08:19.choose to fight may bring violence back here to Britain.
:08:20. > :08:21.The Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone has gone on trial
:08:22. > :08:25.The 83-year-old is accused of paying a German banker to secure
:08:26. > :08:29.the sale of a stake in the Formula 1 business to a company he favoured.
:08:30. > :08:46.The striders confident, other charges Bernie Ecclestone faces in
:08:47. > :08:50.this Munich court could change his life for ever. In a 256 page
:08:51. > :08:55.indictment, German prosecutors have painted a vivid picture of money,
:08:56. > :08:59.power and corruption. A man seemingly so obsessed with holding
:09:00. > :09:05.onto power, he would break the law keep it. He is accused of paying $44
:09:06. > :09:11.million worth of bribes to the jailed banker to smooth the sale of
:09:12. > :09:15.his German bank shares in Formula one to a private equity firm. This
:09:16. > :09:20.was called a corrupt agreement. German prosecutors say he preferred
:09:21. > :09:24.the company over rival bidders because they promised they would
:09:25. > :09:28.keep him on as Executive. But he claimed it was harsh money to keep
:09:29. > :09:33.the bank acquired because he was threatening to tell lies about his
:09:34. > :09:37.UK tax affairs. These arguments were rehearsed in a civil case in London
:09:38. > :09:41.last year. He ultimately won but a High Court judge deemed his
:09:42. > :09:46.blackmail defence in plausible and called him an unreliable witness.
:09:47. > :09:49.From a used car salesman to a billionaire, the consequences for
:09:50. > :09:53.Bernie Ecclestone if found guilty of bribery are potentially ruinous. He
:09:54. > :09:56.would be fired, he could face up to ten years in jail, and the sporty
:09:57. > :10:02.built from nothing could suffer. He spoke little today, except for a
:10:03. > :10:05.joke about his two divorces. Instead, his lawyer gave a lengthy
:10:06. > :10:10.statement denying the charges, and talking about a love affair with the
:10:11. > :10:14.sporty spent four decades building into a legacy. But it's the day he
:10:15. > :10:16.spent in this court over the next few months which will ultimately
:10:17. > :10:19.have the biggest bearing on his future.
:10:20. > :10:21.The number of elderly people needing care at
:10:22. > :10:24.home will soon outstrip the number of family members able to provide it
:10:25. > :10:27.The Institute for Public Policy Research estimates
:10:28. > :10:30.that by 2030 there will be more than two million people aged 65
:10:31. > :10:33.and over with no child living nearby to give care if needed.
:10:34. > :10:50.Britain's elderly population is growing. As it does, pressure on
:10:51. > :10:53.families to provide care is also on the rise. And an increasing number
:10:54. > :10:59.of older people don't have relatives close at hand. Cathy Johnson lives
:11:00. > :11:02.200 miles from her parents. When her late mother was diagnosed with
:11:03. > :11:08.Alzheimer's, looking after her proved a challenge. It caused me a
:11:09. > :11:12.lot of stress, emotional stress, disruption, I was travelling on the
:11:13. > :11:17.train back for each week. Sorting paperwork, the house, the bills, how
:11:18. > :11:21.they run their finances, making decisions about medication. Whilst
:11:22. > :11:26.running my own business and bringing up my daughter. What you think would
:11:27. > :11:30.happen to you haven't been there to help? Everything would have fallen
:11:31. > :11:34.apart. I held it together by organising everything taking over
:11:35. > :11:39.their lives. And this is an issue which affects nearly every household
:11:40. > :11:42.in the country. Among the report predictions, by 2017, they will be
:11:43. > :11:48.more elderly people in need of care in than family members able to
:11:49. > :11:51.provide it. By 2030, there will be at least another quarter of a
:11:52. > :11:55.million elderly people who need at least 20 hours care a week. And
:11:56. > :11:58.won't have additives to help. There won't be the family members needed
:11:59. > :12:03.to provide the sorts of care that people have received at the moment.
:12:04. > :12:07.Social pressures on social services like the NHS, and so what we need to
:12:08. > :12:12.do is have a fundamental rethink about the way that we look after
:12:13. > :12:15.each other later in life. And we think the government needs to invest
:12:16. > :12:20.in community networks, it needs to make it easy for people to care and
:12:21. > :12:23.to combine work. Government ministers say they are responding to
:12:24. > :12:28.the problem of an ageing population. They are encouraging
:12:29. > :12:31.councils and the NHS to work together to support older people
:12:32. > :12:35.living at home as well as increasing the legal rights of carers. But all
:12:36. > :12:36.accept there won't be instant solutions to this most long-term
:12:37. > :12:39.problems. The Labour Party is
:12:40. > :12:41.considering severing its historic Its chairman Paul Flowers
:12:42. > :12:46.resigned before being charged And this month the bank reported
:12:47. > :12:50.the biggest losses in its history. Our business editor
:12:51. > :12:51.Kamal Ahmed is here. So Labour is considering breaking
:12:52. > :13:03.its links with the Co-op. you broke this story this morning.
:13:04. > :13:07.This is almost like a divorce after a very, very long marriage. The
:13:08. > :13:11.Co-op bank has been the bank to the Labour Party for something like 100
:13:12. > :13:14.years. The people in the Labour Party say they can't amend when it
:13:15. > :13:18.wasn't their bank but, as you say, for Labour, the Co-op bank has been
:13:19. > :13:23.an issue of controversy over that last year. Paul Flowers, former
:13:24. > :13:27.Labour councillor, every time the bank was in headlines, Labour was
:13:28. > :13:30.dragged in, so there is some upside for them. They can say we are moving
:13:31. > :13:35.our bank accounts, no longer involved with the Co-op bank. For
:13:36. > :13:41.the bank, the chief executive is very keen to do what he says, make
:13:42. > :13:45.the bank apolitical, move the bank away from politics, so there's
:13:46. > :13:49.possibly some upside for him as well. What next I think is the
:13:50. > :13:55.issue. Labour says it wants to move a ?1.1 million loan from the Co-op
:13:56. > :14:01.bank to what's called the Unity trust bank, not the people of of
:14:02. > :14:05.that. It was started by the trade unions and is run on behalf of trade
:14:06. > :14:07.unions and charities. Labour want to move their loan into that bank but
:14:08. > :14:13.the Conservatives are going to try to make some hay out of that. Grant
:14:14. > :14:17.Shapps says it shows Labour own pockets of the union and Labour says
:14:18. > :14:19.only doing that for getting a better rate of interest on our loans. Thank
:14:20. > :14:22.you very much. Concerns raised earlier this month
:14:23. > :14:25.about a lack of long-term vision for education in Wales were first
:14:26. > :14:30.highlighted over six years ago. BBC Wales has seen
:14:31. > :14:36.a confidential document from 2007 which details weaknesses
:14:37. > :14:38.in strategy and teacher training. The findings were similar to
:14:39. > :14:41.a critical report by the worldwide Organisation for Economic
:14:42. > :14:50.Co-operation and Development which A system struggling for direction.
:14:51. > :14:56.Criticism of Welsh schools and the way they run has come thick and fast
:14:57. > :14:59.in recent months. But a report leaked to the BBC is just the
:15:00. > :15:04.warning signs were there over six years ago. A report commissioned by
:15:05. > :15:09.the Welsh government in 2007 concluded that more coherent
:15:10. > :15:13.policies were needed and they should be backed up with clear targets for
:15:14. > :15:18.improvement. It warned Wales suffered from outdated teacher
:15:19. > :15:20.training. A current adviser to the Welsh government says lessons were
:15:21. > :15:41.simply ignored. good at education. We thought we
:15:42. > :15:47.could do no wrong. But recent results have proved it wrong. On
:15:48. > :15:51.average, Welsh pupils are at least half a school year behind the rest
:15:52. > :15:56.of the UK in maths, reading and science. We asked to speak to the
:15:57. > :16:00.current Education Minister for Wales, the First Minister and the
:16:01. > :16:05.Education Minister in charge at the time of the report. We were told
:16:06. > :16:09.none were available. In a statement, the Welsh Government told us it has
:16:10. > :16:12.put in place a rigorous reform agenda which is starting to show
:16:13. > :16:20.results. According to teaching unions, they are still confused
:16:21. > :16:25.about Welsh classrooms with schools being told to cooperate and compete.
:16:26. > :16:33.The mixed messages causes confusion for parents, pupils and teachers.
:16:34. > :16:37.What we want people to look like is not clear. The recent report said
:16:38. > :16:43.they offer a positive place to learn. Pupils and parents will help
:16:44. > :16:49.some of the lessons have finally sunk in -- will hope.
:16:50. > :16:54.Clashes in eastern Ukraine - it's claimed that at least five
:16:55. > :16:57.pro-Russian separatists have been killed by Ukrainian forces.
:16:58. > :17:10.Live from Cornwall, the first county ever to be given special minority
:17:11. > :17:16.status. Months after the flooding,
:17:17. > :17:20.we go back to find out how the And the London ballet company
:17:21. > :17:30.made up entirely of children. It's exactly a year since
:17:31. > :17:37.the collapse of an eight-storey building housing several clothing
:17:38. > :17:40.factories in Bangladesh. But as our world affairs
:17:41. > :17:47.correspondent Paul Adams reports, many families have not received
:17:48. > :17:50.compensation and an international agreement on factory safety is still
:17:51. > :18:00.to be fully implemented. 12 months on, an outpouring of
:18:01. > :18:08.despair on the streets of Dhaka. There are still missing daughters, a
:18:09. > :18:15.pervasive feeling no one cares. This was a disaster of staggering
:18:16. > :18:21.proportions, more than 1100 dead, many thousands wounded. Scenes of
:18:22. > :18:27.miraculous escape too. This person became a national heroine when she
:18:28. > :18:30.was pulled out alive after 17 days. This woman survived but lost her
:18:31. > :18:39.legs. Without her steady job, she and her husband struggled to get by.
:18:40. > :18:44.TRANSLATION: I am borrowing money to survive. My husband is caring for
:18:45. > :18:50.me. Who will look after me and do the household work if he goes to
:18:51. > :18:53.work? Compensation is coming but too slowly for the survivors and
:18:54. > :18:58.families. Multinational companies have pledged a third of the ?25
:18:59. > :19:06.million needed for a donor trust fund. This woman says she searched
:19:07. > :19:09.in vain for her daughter who was working on the sixth floor of the
:19:10. > :19:15.building. She says she has yet to receive anything. The disaster led
:19:16. > :19:21.to an international agreement signed by retailers setting safety
:19:22. > :19:26.standards for 4000 Bangladeshi factories. A quarter have been
:19:27. > :19:31.inspected, some have been closed. I am confident this will prevent
:19:32. > :19:37.another Rana Plaza. It is what needs to be done. The inspections will
:19:38. > :19:41.reveal factories that are susceptible to that kind of collapse
:19:42. > :19:47.and we will take the appropriate action. The safety accord should
:19:48. > :19:51.improve the working lives of millions of Bangladeshis. The
:19:52. > :19:55.process is fraught with problems. European and American retailers
:19:56. > :19:56.agree on standards but differ on issues of liability and how the
:19:57. > :20:00.scheme should be financed. Overall crime in England and Wales
:20:01. > :20:04.fell by 15% last year according to The level of reported crimes
:20:05. > :20:07.in the crime survey for England and Wales was the lowest
:20:08. > :20:09.since it began in 1981. But there were increases
:20:10. > :20:11.in some areas, with a 25% jump in fraud and a 17%
:20:12. > :20:18.increase in sex offences attributed in part to publicity surrounding
:20:19. > :20:19.the Jimmy Savile abuse claims. Our home affairs correspondent
:20:20. > :20:35.Matt Prodger is here. Welcome news but how reliable are
:20:36. > :20:43.the figures? There are? S over the reliability of them -- question
:20:44. > :20:45.marks. The recorded measures by the police and the crime survey of
:20:46. > :20:50.households in England and Wales asking people about their
:20:51. > :20:59.experiences of crime. The headline figure, 15% drop overall. A drop of
:21:00. > :21:03.22% in violence according to the figures. 25% drop in household
:21:04. > :21:08.theft. There have also been rises but they are qualified by the
:21:09. > :21:13.statisticians. There has been a rise in the recordings of historical
:21:14. > :21:17.sexual offences. That has been put down to the Jimmy Savile effect.
:21:18. > :21:22.Trials involving celebrities prompting people to come forward.
:21:23. > :21:26.Domestic violence, better recording by police and better responses by
:21:27. > :21:32.police because they have been criticised recently is seen as
:21:33. > :21:37.contributed to a 1% rise in violence overall. Finally, the figure of 25%
:21:38. > :21:40.in fraud related to cyber crime. There has been a difference in the
:21:41. > :21:45.way they have measured it recently so we have to be cautious about
:21:46. > :21:51.comparing it. It is an area people will look at closely over the coming
:21:52. > :21:54.years. We think it is a growth area. Particularly big drop in the most
:21:55. > :21:59.recent figures. Thank you. It's a month to go to the European
:22:00. > :22:01.elections and here in the UK the fiercest debates have
:22:02. > :22:04.been around whether we should stay Our correspondents Chris Morris
:22:05. > :22:07.in Marseille and Matthew Price in Hamburg have been looking
:22:08. > :22:20.at the big issues for voters They can afford to take it easy in
:22:21. > :22:27.Germany. This is the economic powerhouse of Europe. Even when the
:22:28. > :22:32.wind is not really blowing, they are still living a good life. The season
:22:33. > :22:42.is coming for sale in and economy wise I guess it -- Everything is
:22:43. > :22:49.here. Exports are solid, people are confident. Like an awful lot of the
:22:50. > :22:54.rest of the EU -- unlike. The French know how to enjoy life
:22:55. > :23:02.too. Here is the question, how will they pay for it? At this petanque
:23:03. > :23:07.club, you can sense the mood of economic anxiety. Unemployment is
:23:08. > :23:11.high. While petanque is always very competitive, you cannot say the same
:23:12. > :23:17.about the French economy. TRANSLATION: They say we do not work
:23:18. > :23:26.as hard as the Germans. We do need reform. I think we can do it. Darren
:23:27. > :23:31.at the old port, the morning catch has come in -- down at. Plenty of
:23:32. > :23:35.people are working hard to make ends meet. Economic change is often a
:23:36. > :23:39.painful process and when you share your currency with others it is not
:23:40. > :23:44.entirely in your own hands. Everything is more expensive with
:23:45. > :23:52.the Euro says this woman. You used to have a good meal on the cheap.
:23:53. > :23:55.Others may see it differently but there was no doubt the single
:23:56. > :23:58.currency and its future will be at the heart of the election campaign.
:23:59. > :24:03.Marine Le Pen and the National Front which wants to leave the euro could
:24:04. > :24:08.come first. A big protest vote. A little bit different on your side of
:24:09. > :24:12.the border. That is right. Being part of the euro has helped Germany
:24:13. > :24:16.to build up its wealth and even here are some doubts are beginning to
:24:17. > :24:23.creep in about the single currency. Those concerns do not run that deep.
:24:24. > :24:30.Most here do believe their status as an economic colossus is guaranteed
:24:31. > :24:36.only if the EU's weaker economies become more, well, more German. It
:24:37. > :24:48.is our interest to have a strong EU against the USA and also against
:24:49. > :24:53.Asia. So, Germany and France, two countries very much at the political
:24:54. > :24:57.and economic heart of Europe. They have such different economies they
:24:58. > :25:00.are putting pressure on the whole EU. Pressure which is bound to
:25:01. > :25:08.affect the way people in both countries vote.
:25:09. > :25:12.The Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has launched
:25:13. > :25:12.his party's European election campaign with a promise to take
:25:13. > :25:17.At a rally in Colchester in Essex, he said that only the Lib Dems are
:25:18. > :25:22.unequivocally in favour of staying in the European Union.
:25:23. > :25:28.The one thing I can absolutely tell you without any fear of
:25:29. > :25:32.contradictions is that if we were to pull ourselves out of the EU, there
:25:33. > :25:36.would be more people out of work, higher joblessness, higher
:25:37. > :25:43.unemployment in our country. That is not an act of patriotism. It is
:25:44. > :25:49.economic vandalism. The monarchy has a long
:25:50. > :25:51.and secure future in Australia according to the country's
:25:52. > :25:53.Prime Minister, Tony Abbott. He made the comments
:25:54. > :25:55.at a reception for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
:25:56. > :25:58.at Parliament House in Canberra. The Duke paid tribute to Australia,
:25:59. > :26:00.describing it as a magnet for investors, visitors and those
:26:01. > :26:03.wanting a better quality of life. The royal tour of Australia and
:26:04. > :26:07.New Zealand is due to end tomorrow. Cornwall is being granted national
:26:08. > :26:09.minority status which means for the first time Cornwall's
:26:10. > :26:11.distinct identity will be They'll be granted the same rights
:26:12. > :26:18.and protections as the Scots, Welsh and Irish and official bodies will
:26:19. > :26:21.now be required to take their views Our correspondent Duncan Kennedy is
:26:22. > :26:40.in Saltash in Cornwall Hello. That is right. Otherwise
:26:41. > :26:44.known as the gateway to Cornwall, this is the bridge, once you are
:26:45. > :26:49.cross it, you are in Cornwall. This is the first county ever to get the
:26:50. > :26:53.special minority status and the first non-nation to be given the
:26:54. > :26:57.status in the UK. It is not about independence. It is more about
:26:58. > :27:04.recognising the culture and heritage of a unique county. From its
:27:05. > :27:11.coastlines to its tin mines, Cornwall offers so much more than
:27:12. > :27:16.pasties and Padstow. The place rich in culture and heritage, it is now
:27:17. > :27:21.the first English county to be given minority status. It is a move
:27:22. > :27:25.welcomed by Cornish nationalists. Fantastic news. The Government has
:27:26. > :27:33.recognised the Cornish are national minority. In practice, it does not
:27:34. > :27:37.mean a huge cash injection. It is protection under EU law for
:27:38. > :27:46.Cornwall's language and culture. Most people we spoke to seemed to
:27:47. > :27:52.like that idea. My heritage goes back 600, 700 years. It is something
:27:53. > :27:56.to be proud of. They are one of the original indigenous people of this
:27:57. > :28:04.country. I'm not sure what it will do for us. We would not manage on
:28:05. > :28:10.our own. I think it is great. It will help us to keep our culture.
:28:11. > :28:18.The only sad thing I think is that we never kept our language. Others
:28:19. > :28:24.seem less than overwhelmed. Other areas of the country might say they
:28:25. > :28:28.deserve similar status. After 15 years fighting for it, Cornwall is
:28:29. > :28:34.the first. A special title for a unique county. Some may see this as
:28:35. > :28:38.a gimmick. Others are describing this as something that should have
:28:39. > :28:43.gone further, maybe Cornwall should have had devolution. At a time when
:28:44. > :28:47.the UK and Scotland is deciding its future, others are saying it is
:28:48. > :28:50.something very different and it is all about culture and heritage, a
:28:51. > :28:54.very distinctive part of this country.
:28:55. > :29:01.Let us have a look at the weather now.
:29:02. > :29:07.The rain has moved to the north-east. A slow start with low
:29:08. > :29:11.cloud around. Things have been improving and will continue to do
:29:12. > :29:16.so. Quite promising this afternoon with decent spells of sunshine. It
:29:17. > :29:20.should be quite warm, particularly with light winds. Not completely
:29:21. > :29:25.dry. There will be one or two showers. They are fairly hit and
:29:26. > :29:34.miss. Most will occur over higher ground. Many places willing -- will
:29:35. > :29:38.enjoy a decent afternoon. Spells of sunshine through the Midlands, the
:29:39. > :29:43.south-east. Temperatures up to 18 degrees in the west of London.
:29:44. > :29:47.Pretty decent afternoon for much of northern England and Wales. Over the
:29:48. > :29:52.hills, one or two showers. Northern Ireland doing quite well in the
:29:53. > :29:55.afternoon, as is much of Scotland. The north-east has the cloud and
:29:56. > :29:59.rain and an easterly breeze which will be a key feature of things
:30:00. > :30:04.overnight as the showers fade away. The low cloud will drift in from the
:30:05. > :30:07.North Sea. It will become quite grey across the eastern side of the UK
:30:08. > :30:14.overnight. Not particularly cold with a lot of cloud. The morning,
:30:15. > :30:19.quite grey for the Eastern side of Scotland. Poor visibility. Newcastle
:30:20. > :30:27.Airport, Leeds airport, poor conditions possible. The grey
:30:28. > :30:30.weather extends to the south-east. The rain will move its way
:30:31. > :30:42.northwards through the day. Some? Is about the detail with tomorrow's
:30:43. > :30:48.rain. -- some question Marks. Tomorrow, West is best. The western
:30:49. > :30:54.side of Scotland, England, Wales faring best. The weekend, it is this
:30:55. > :30:59.area of low pressure which will dominate things, particularly on
:31:00. > :31:04.Saturday. Isobars on the chart, it will be windy. Particularly in the
:31:05. > :31:13.far south-west. Close to go. Quite windy too for the eastern side of
:31:14. > :31:17.Scotland. -- close to gale force. Brighter spells so by no means a
:31:18. > :31:23.complete wash-out. The winds are lighter on Sunday. There will still
:31:24. > :31:27.be showers around. But not a wash-out.
:31:28. > :31:36.Our main story: At least five pro-Russian separatists have been
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