:00:00. > :00:00.Bloodshed in Ukraine, as the government launches
:00:07. > :00:10.a military assault against pro Russian groups in the east.
:00:11. > :00:14.As two Ukrainian helicopters are shot down, Russia says the shaky
:00:15. > :00:21.We'll be live in Donetsk with the latest - Also this lunchtime:
:00:22. > :00:25.Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams is questioned for a third day over
:00:26. > :00:31.Her daughter says she is "ready to name names".
:00:32. > :00:37.They've done so much to me over the past years.
:00:38. > :00:44.British drugs firm AstraZeneca rejects
:00:45. > :00:51.a new ?63 billion takeover bid from its US rival Pfizer.
:00:52. > :01:00.why convenience shopping could get even more convenient.
:01:01. > :01:19.This super-head faces being struck off after spending hundreds of
:01:20. > :01:38.thousands of pounds on herself. Hello, good afternoon,
:01:39. > :01:41.and welcome to the BBC News At One. Ukraine has launched a military
:01:42. > :01:46.operation against pro-Russian separatists in the eastern city
:01:47. > :01:52.of Sloviansk, in the latest round Ukraine says two of its helicopters
:01:53. > :01:56.have been shot down, and at least In Moscow,
:01:57. > :02:00.President Putin's spokesman said the offensive has, in effect, destroyed
:02:01. > :02:02.the last hope for the implementation of the Geneva agreements which were
:02:03. > :02:05.intended to defuse the crisis. We'll get the latest from
:02:06. > :02:08.the eastern Ukraine in a moment. But, first, here's our world affairs
:02:09. > :02:15.correspondent, Nick Childs. The report suggests the Ukrainian
:02:16. > :02:21.government has launched its most determined operation yet to
:02:22. > :02:24.dislodge pro-Russian separatists from their positions in and
:02:25. > :02:28.around the town of Sloviansk. Raising the tensions
:02:29. > :02:31.and stakes again in the crisis over Government forces have already
:02:32. > :02:44.paid a price in this new showdown. These unverified pictures,
:02:45. > :02:46.apparently of one of two military helicopters downed
:02:47. > :02:49.in the operations so far. Two Ukrainian personnel killed,
:02:50. > :02:51.according to the authorities There was another
:02:52. > :03:19.helicopter shot down. This man was abandoned
:03:20. > :03:22.by his people. This may look like the most serious
:03:23. > :03:25.government offensive so far, but how far will these forces go
:03:26. > :03:37.and what will the fallout be? Here, an army column is locked by
:03:38. > :03:42.locals. In Sloviansk, they are reinforcing
:03:43. > :03:49.their defences should Ukrainian military tried to move in.
:03:50. > :03:54.TRANSLATION: We are standing here to prevent military people coming into
:03:55. > :03:58.our city to protect our land and people. We are normal people of the
:03:59. > :04:05.city. There are no Russian troops here as they claim. From the
:04:06. > :04:10.self-proclaimed Russian mayor of the city, an appeal. It is under siege.
:04:11. > :04:18.He asks women and children to stay at home and men to defend the city.
:04:19. > :04:22.Kiev says it is not facing just ordinary protesters but heavily
:04:23. > :04:34.armed Russian backed militants. Moscow says Kiev Gracnar are we
:04:35. > :04:43.looking down the barrel of further escalation here?
:04:44. > :04:54.Let us go to our special correspondent. I am six miles from
:04:55. > :05:00.the border of Sloviansk. There is a large group of Russian locals. From
:05:01. > :05:05.where I am standing as I look across, I can see Ukrainian troops
:05:06. > :05:10.patrolling in the fields. There has been a heavy downpour of rain, it
:05:11. > :05:19.has pushed people back. It is a tense situation here. At one
:05:20. > :05:23.checkpoint, there has been an attempt to take away body armour.
:05:24. > :05:33.Through the morning, people have been getting Hortense.
:05:34. > :05:35.The Sinn Fein president, Gerry Adams, is being questioned
:05:36. > :05:39.for a second day about the murder of a woman during the Northern Ireland
:05:40. > :05:43.Last night, Jean McConville's eldest child told the BBC she was now ready
:05:44. > :05:46.to give police the names of those she believed were involved.
:05:47. > :05:49.Jon Brain is outside the police station in Antrim where
:05:50. > :05:59.This Gerry Adams may have arrived here voluntarily on Wednesday
:06:00. > :06:03.evening. Whether he thought he would still be
:06:04. > :06:07.here on Friday lunchtime is another matter. As detectives continued to
:06:08. > :06:11.question him about the Jean McConville 's case, one of her
:06:12. > :06:14.daughters has said she has significant information she wants to
:06:15. > :06:20.give them. For more than four decades, her life has been blighted
:06:21. > :06:26.by the abduction of Jean McConville. Aged just 15 at the time, she never
:06:27. > :06:32.saw her mother again. In later years, she watched as search teams
:06:33. > :06:36.look for her body. It was finally discovered on the beach at County
:06:37. > :06:40.Louth in 2003. She says she has always known who was responsible for
:06:41. > :06:48.her mother's death and is now prepared to name names. I have no
:06:49. > :06:52.fear anymore and I will happily give names to the police. What are they
:06:53. > :06:59.going to do to me? They have done so much already. Put a bullet in my
:07:00. > :07:02.head? They know where I live. I have always believed Gerry Adams was
:07:03. > :07:11.involved in the murder of my mother, yes. Gerry Adams is one of Northern
:07:12. > :07:14.Ireland's most senior figures, he strenuously denies he had any
:07:15. > :07:20.involvement in what happened to Jean McConville. Former paramilitary 's
:07:21. > :07:24.have implicated him in a murder in recordings made for an oral history
:07:25. > :07:28.project. There was only one man who gave the order that man to be
:07:29. > :07:33.executed, that man is now the head of Sinn Fein. Believed by all and
:07:34. > :07:37.tearing himself for questioning, Mr Adams may be trying to resolve the
:07:38. > :07:42.problem which has overshadowed him for years. If he is not charged, he
:07:43. > :07:46.will say he has done his civil duty, he went to the police and
:07:47. > :07:53.asked them to put the Chargers to me and I answered them. They haven't
:07:54. > :07:57.been able to charge me. Sinn Fein claim the timing of the rest is
:07:58. > :08:02.politically motivated, designed to undermine the party in the run-up to
:08:03. > :08:06.the elections. It has emerged Martin McGuinness was found last night by
:08:07. > :08:12.David Cameron, to assure him that would be no political interference
:08:13. > :08:16.will stop the Prime Minister and I appreciate the sensitivity of the
:08:17. > :08:21.situation which is why he was engaging with the deputy and First
:08:22. > :08:24.Minister to give the message that working together on those big
:08:25. > :08:30.challenges for Northern Ireland is crucially important. But for Helen
:08:31. > :08:37.McHendry, the only crucial thing is to get justice for her beloved
:08:38. > :08:40.other. This has been used tensions between
:08:41. > :08:44.those who want to move on from the troubled past and those who say you
:08:45. > :08:50.cannot do that if it means denying justice to the victims.
:08:51. > :08:53.The 15-year-old boy, charged with the murder of the teacher
:08:54. > :08:55.Ann Maguire, has appeared via a videolink at Leeds Crown Court.
:08:56. > :08:58.The teenager, who can't be named because he's under 16, is accused
:08:59. > :09:02.of stabbing Ann Maguire to death in her classroom on Monday morning.
:09:03. > :09:06.The former publicist Max Clifford is due to be sentenced today,
:09:07. > :09:10.after he was found guilty of eight charges of indecent assault
:09:11. > :09:13.on teenage girls and women during the late 1970s and early 1980s.
:09:14. > :09:23.Our correspondent Richard Lister is at Southwark Crown Court for us.
:09:24. > :09:29.Max Clifford left his Surrey mansion today with a suitcase, anticipating
:09:30. > :09:33.he would be spending two nights in jail. When he got to court this
:09:34. > :09:39.morning, he was as defiant as ever, insisting he stood by the account he
:09:40. > :09:44.had given, that he never indecently assaulted anybody. He turned down
:09:45. > :09:48.the opportunity to apologise to his victims. Once inside court, he was
:09:49. > :09:53.forced to listen to the mitigation statements from his victims, the
:09:54. > :09:58.youngest was 15 when she was assaulted by Max Clifford. In a
:09:59. > :10:01.statement, she said her schooling had suffered, the abuse had impacted
:10:02. > :10:07.on her relationship with her pants and with her husband. The judge is
:10:08. > :10:11.expected to pass sentence this afternoon and said he would be
:10:12. > :10:13.considering consecutive sentences for each of the eight counts on
:10:14. > :10:27.which Max Clifford was found guilty. AstraZeneca has rejected
:10:28. > :10:29.a new ?63 billion takeover proposal It had upped its offer for the
:10:30. > :10:34.British company, to ?50 a share. Let's get more from
:10:35. > :10:37.our business editor, Kamal Ahmed. Kamal, let's analyse these latest
:10:38. > :10:48.developments in a move that has This is a business deal and
:10:49. > :10:52.political controversy. AstraZeneca rejected the deal. In reality, they
:10:53. > :11:05.want more money. Wolf eyes comeback with a better bid? It is hoped so.
:11:06. > :11:12.Now, let us turn to the politics. Pfizer have made a number of
:11:13. > :11:17.pledges. In those pledges, they have said they want to see substantial
:11:18. > :11:22.research and element in Cambridge. That they will commit to a European
:11:23. > :11:29.and tax headquarters in the UK. And manufacturing jobs will be retained.
:11:30. > :11:32.That is important. One of the key manufacturing sites is in the
:11:33. > :11:36.constituency of the Chancellor who has been taking a key interest.
:11:37. > :11:41.Politicians want to ensure if this deal goes ahead it will not mean
:11:42. > :11:48.less research, or fewer jobs in the UK.
:11:49. > :11:52.Royal Bank Of Scotland has announced a pre-tax profit for the first
:11:53. > :11:57.That's double what it made in the same period last year.
:11:58. > :12:00.However, the bank says that it still faces
:12:01. > :12:02.difficult conditions, and will face costs for winding down the so called
:12:03. > :12:13.A part-time judge, Constance Briscoe, has been jailed
:12:14. > :12:16.for 16 months, after being found guilty of lying to the police.
:12:17. > :12:20.She was convicted yesterday of perverting the course of justice in
:12:21. > :12:23.connection with the investigation into how the former Cabinet
:12:24. > :12:26.Minister, Chris Huhne, asked his then wife, Vicky Pryce, to take the
:12:27. > :12:30.Our legal correspondent Clive Coleman was in the Old Bailey
:12:31. > :12:40.courtroom this morning to hear the sentencing.
:12:41. > :12:46.A woman who once passed sentence on other people today have a
:12:47. > :12:50.devastating sentence passed upon her, she was sentenced to three
:12:51. > :12:55.counts of intending to convert the course of justice, lying to police
:12:56. > :13:01.investigating the points swapping case, investigating how that story
:13:02. > :13:07.got into the press. Constance Briscoe lied about her involvement.
:13:08. > :13:13.And she falsified around witness statement. And then she supplied a
:13:14. > :13:18.false document to an expert witness with the intention of misleading the
:13:19. > :13:22.jury. Sentencing her today, the judge said it was a personal tragedy
:13:23. > :13:31.for Constance Briscoe and her family. He described her as a woman
:13:32. > :13:43.who had been a role model but said there was the arrogance of educated
:13:44. > :13:50.people and disrespect for the law. Our main story. Ukrainian forces had
:13:51. > :13:51.been fighting pro-Russian troops in the east of the country. Moscow
:13:52. > :13:57.calls for an end to the violence. calls for an end to the
:13:58. > :14:04.Still to come, space, the final frontier for gastro food?
:14:05. > :14:12.Later on BBC London, as house prices hit a record high, this row of
:14:13. > :14:16.garages sells for three quarters of ?1 million.
:14:17. > :14:25.And scientists are studying these brothers checking in the Arctic.
:14:26. > :14:30.With so many of us living increasingly busy lives, getting to
:14:31. > :14:35.the shops isn't always that easy. There is more competition between
:14:36. > :14:43.outlets to make it simply for people to shop online and to pick up their
:14:44. > :14:47.goods. Today, that condition intensified. John Lannis has opened
:14:48. > :14:59.a click and collect outlet at a railway station.
:15:00. > :15:03.temperature-controlled lockers, to collection points and getting your
:15:04. > :15:08.eBay order at an Argos, shopping is getting more convenient. This is the
:15:09. > :15:12.new battleground in retail. We are in the exhibition that we have put
:15:13. > :15:18.together. Ill tells the story of John Lewis back to 1864. They are
:15:19. > :15:23.focussing on celebrating 150 years of history this weekend. But the
:15:24. > :15:28.boss has most got his eye on the future. The ease of click and
:15:29. > :15:33.collect. It has been a phenomenon. You still have to go to another high
:15:34. > :15:39.street location. We are about to trial the new news - click and
:15:40. > :15:45.commute - taking small shops offering click and collect and we
:15:46. > :15:49.will see if that works. Click and collect's growing fast. It now makes
:15:50. > :15:54.up nearly a fifth of all online sales from high street retailers, a
:15:55. > :16:02.figure that has quadrupled in a few years. How convenient could things
:16:03. > :16:10.get? Amazon in America is trialling these drones to drop off deliveries.
:16:11. > :16:14.In hi-tech South Korea, Wi-Fi balloons are used to connect
:16:15. > :16:18.consumers with offers, but what will shopping look like in the future?
:16:19. > :16:24.When you walk into a store, the technology you are carrying, your
:16:25. > :16:28.mobile phone, will liaise with the store and tell it who you are. It
:16:29. > :16:31.will have a photograph of your face. It will know what you like. As you
:16:32. > :16:37.stand in various places in the store, you will get personalised
:16:38. > :16:41.service, personalised signage and personal pricing. In the old days,
:16:42. > :16:46.shops made it their business to know all about their customers. In
:16:47. > :16:48.future, the march of technology will mean retailers will know more about
:16:49. > :16:54.us and what we want. More than 300,000 people are taking
:16:55. > :16:57.part in the world's biggest study The aim - to try to predict what
:16:58. > :17:02.factors may increase the risk Our medical correspondent, Fergus
:17:03. > :17:08.Walsh, reports. Like it or not, as we
:17:09. > :17:14.get older, our memory and speed of Four years ago, I did a series of
:17:15. > :17:20.puzzles, and now I'm repeating them, I was joined by the scientist who
:17:21. > :17:29.helped devise them. He says our reaction times will have
:17:30. > :17:34.slowed, but even the tiniest changes could help the Medical Research
:17:35. > :17:38.Council study discover why some people and not others go on to get
:17:39. > :17:43.dementia. We hope to find out what are the
:17:44. > :17:47.causes of cognitive decline with age, whether they are genetic, or
:17:48. > :17:50.lifestyle, or both. And we hope to be able to advise people how to
:17:51. > :17:54.reduce their risk of cognitive decline and therefore dementia over
:17:55. > :17:58.time. If we can delay the onset of dementia by five years, we can halve
:17:59. > :18:03.the number of people in the UK that actually get it. And I think that's
:18:04. > :18:09.a result for me. Ann Johnson was diagnosed with
:18:10. > :18:13.Alzheimer's disease when she was It affects her short-term memory and
:18:14. > :18:20.makes reading difficult. She'd like to know why dementia has
:18:21. > :18:23.affected her family. My father had this before me. His
:18:24. > :18:27.lifestyle, like mine, there was nothing wrong with it. I can't
:18:28. > :18:30.identify what caused it for him or for me. We need to identify if there
:18:31. > :18:37.are any common denominators there which give us a clue as to what may
:18:38. > :18:43.be the cause of this. That is what UK Biobank will seek to
:18:44. > :18:46.find out. Scientists are now analysing the DNA
:18:47. > :18:51.from half a million volunteers, and will compare this with information
:18:52. > :18:55.on lifestyle and health records. It is a huge biomedical database.
:18:56. > :19:00.This should yield vital clues on dementia and may eventually lead to
:19:01. > :19:05.new treatments. David Cameron has repeated his
:19:06. > :19:12.promise to give the public a vote on Britain's membership of the European
:19:13. > :19:15.Union IF he wins next year's Launching the Conservatives' local
:19:16. > :19:20.election campaign, the Prime Minister said he won't
:19:21. > :19:22.lead a Government that could not - or did not - deliver an in/out
:19:23. > :19:33.referendum. This is our message on the stump and
:19:34. > :19:37.on the doorstep. We have come this far, from a great recession, to a
:19:38. > :19:41.great British revival. If you want to see this progress through, if you
:19:42. > :19:45.want our country to go from strength to strength, if you want to finish
:19:46. > :19:49.the job we have started together, then back the party with a plan.
:19:50. > :19:55.Back the party that delivers a better, more secure future for you,
:19:56. > :19:57.for your family, for Britain and vote Conservative on May 22nd. Thank
:19:58. > :20:00.you. Our Political Correspondent Gary
:20:01. > :20:02.O'Donoghue listened to David Cameron's speech in Newcastle
:20:03. > :20:15.Under Lyme. What did you make of it? It is interesting that David Cameron
:20:16. > :20:19.came to this big JCB warehouse, massive seven football pitches in
:20:20. > :20:22.size, in the north of Staffordshire to underline his point that the
:20:23. > :20:27.economy had been recovering. He talked about a great British
:20:28. > :20:31.recovery. Now, he did say that Labour had short-term gimmicks and a
:20:32. > :20:36.very interesting swipe at UKIP here. He said, "I don't need to discredit
:20:37. > :20:41.them, they do a good enough job of doing that themselves." Also a
:20:42. > :20:47.cautious message, talking about the job not being dene, "Give us more
:20:48. > :20:51.time." That is the message not just for these local and European
:20:52. > :20:54.elections, that is the message you will hear from him and the rest of
:20:55. > :20:58.the Conservative Party for the next year into the next general election.
:20:59. > :21:01.That is what they believe will persuade the British people that
:21:02. > :21:05.they need five more years to spread and secure the recovery.
:21:06. > :21:08.The Top Gear presenter, Jeremy Clarkson, has apologised for
:21:09. > :21:12.appearing to use a racist word during a recording of the programme.
:21:13. > :21:21.The material was never broadcast but he said today it had been a mistake.
:21:22. > :21:29.#34R50ez Please be assured I did everything in my power to not use
:21:30. > :21:32.that word. And as I'm sitting here begging your forgiveness, for the
:21:33. > :21:37.fact that obviously my efforts weren't quite good enough.
:21:38. > :21:40.A new campaign group has been launched against an independent
:21:41. > :21:43.Scotland promoting itself as a "people's campaign voiced by
:21:44. > :21:45.ordinary Scots" - without any politicians.
:21:46. > :21:53.Gavin Esler has been finding out more.
:21:54. > :22:00.A recording studio on the outskirts of Edinburgh. A group of musicians
:22:01. > :22:11.putting the finishing touches to a song that they hope could save the
:22:12. > :22:18.United Kingdom. The song is part of a new campaign called No Borders.
:22:19. > :22:22.Their bid will be officially launched in two weeks to keep
:22:23. > :22:29.Scotland within the UK. The Union is the most successful merger of
:22:30. > :22:33.sovereign nations in the world. For the benefit of all the people and
:22:34. > :22:36.prosperity and safety, they can pull together. That is what the Union is
:22:37. > :22:40.about. Here in the heart of Glasgow, in fact almost anywhere you go,
:22:41. > :22:45.anywhere in Scotland, you are never far away from some monument or
:22:46. > :22:50.memorial to our 300 years of shared British history. While the No
:22:51. > :22:54.Borders campaign is reluctant publicly to criticise the official
:22:55. > :23:00."No" campaign Better Together, others are not so polite, saying
:23:01. > :23:06.it's been a shambles. The idea is a grassroots campaign to rival that of
:23:07. > :23:10.the pro-independence "Yes" campaign based on testimonials from those who
:23:11. > :23:13.wish to remain in the UK. The "yes" campaign appears more confident than
:23:14. > :23:19.ever and they are scathing of what they see as disarray in the "no"
:23:20. > :23:25.camp. There is a break-up of the "no" campaign. It's failed miserably
:23:26. > :23:27.to make an impact. Some of its own supporters are beginning to feel
:23:28. > :23:32.they have to break away. In the music industry, they say that you
:23:33. > :23:37.should never rewrite a hit and No Borders believes the UK has been a
:23:38. > :23:39.great hit worldwide for 300 years. But others say it might be time to
:23:40. > :23:46.sing a new song. Ever since astronauts have been
:23:47. > :23:51.going into space they've complained that the food is bland and
:23:52. > :23:54.tasteless! Which is why the British astronaut,
:23:55. > :23:57.Tim Peake, has asked British school children to come up with some
:23:58. > :24:00.ideas for space-age gastro food - Here's our Science Correspondent,
:24:01. > :24:16.Pallab Ghosh. Eating on the International Space
:24:17. > :24:21.Station is different. The fooz is freeze-dried, bland and has a life
:24:22. > :24:26.of its own. This is some... Schoolchildren have been asked by
:24:27. > :24:32.Tim Peake to create more of a gourmet experience for him when he
:24:33. > :24:37.is in space next year. Step one - try out what astronauts eat. Is it
:24:38. > :24:41.nice eating it out of a packet? This is what Tim Peake might be eating
:24:42. > :24:46.while he is up on the International Space Station. Dehydrated green
:24:47. > :24:51.beans and mushrooms. Here is his fish course. And this is the kind of
:24:52. > :24:55.thing he will be drinking - dehydrated orange and mango. Not the
:24:56. > :25:00.most appetising of menus. Some of the food on board isn't as nice as
:25:01. > :25:05.it could be. It is nutritional, but some of it is mushy and it lacks
:25:06. > :25:09.taste and texture. And so I thought this is a great idea for - or a
:25:10. > :25:13.great way for people to come up with an idea of something that is
:25:14. > :25:18.nutritional, healthy, tastes good and also can have a bit of a
:25:19. > :25:23.Britishness about it as well. And good food is vital for the exertions
:25:24. > :25:27.of a long mission on the space station. We want the food to be so
:25:28. > :25:30.good that he will want to share it with his colleagues on the space
:25:31. > :25:36.station. We want a happy crew in space. A happy crew is an efficient
:25:37. > :25:40.crew. Food is an important part of making them happy and effective as a
:25:41. > :25:45.team. So here are some ideas from the pupils of this school in London.
:25:46. > :25:51.It would be more appetising if it would be in a bowl or something,
:25:52. > :25:56.that you can smell. Bacon, or sausages, so that he can have, like,
:25:57. > :26:00.the British classic fry-up, maybe. So, it is now time for
:26:01. > :26:04.schoolchildren to get their teeth stuck in to a project to create the
:26:05. > :26:12.first great British dinner to be eaten in space.
:26:13. > :26:16.She knew from an early age that she'd been adopted.
:26:17. > :26:20.was that she had a twin sister, Lizzie.
:26:21. > :26:23.They'd been separated at birth - one living her life in Aldershot -
:26:24. > :26:28.Well now - after 78 years - they've been re-united.
:26:29. > :26:44.An emotional reunion, back together after almost eight decades apart.
:26:45. > :26:51.Their unmarried mother was in domestic service and couldn't afford
:26:52. > :26:57.Anne was given up for adoption and never knew she had a twin
:26:58. > :27:05.I wanted to pinch myself, am I dreaming? I've got someone, someone
:27:06. > :27:13.from, you know, as well as me, you know, part of me, you know, twin.
:27:14. > :27:16.Elizabeth knew she had a long-lost sister but she never thought they
:27:17. > :27:22.would be reunited until she received a letter from Ann's daughter.
:27:23. > :27:30.I saw Aldershot, oh, I did a double take on that. And opened it up and
:27:31. > :27:36.looked at it and my eyes popped out of my head.
:27:37. > :27:40.The sisters have agreed to take part in a university study into the lives
:27:41. > :27:46.We want to get a comprehensive overview of their lives, their
:27:47. > :27:49.abilities, their interests and really put it altogether as an
:27:50. > :27:53.important case study because this is really the world's longest separated
:27:54. > :27:58.For now, Ann and Elizabeth want to get to know each other better.
:27:59. > :28:03.Blue eyes. Mother's blue eyes. Hello, mother!
:28:04. > :28:07.Against the odds - sisterly love blossoming late in life.
:28:08. > :28:17.A lot of catching up to do there. Now, let's catch up with the
:28:18. > :28:23.weather. For most of us, we started the day
:28:24. > :28:30.on a cloudy note. There are already signs that the weather is cheering
:28:31. > :28:32.up. We should get brighter skies filtering southwards as we head
:28:33. > :28:36.through the rest of the afternoon. The reason we will see some subtle
:28:37. > :28:40.changes is because we have a weak cold front giving the odd spot of
:28:41. > :28:44.rain. For most of us, it will be dry. That will sink southwards. It
:28:45. > :28:52.is behind that front that the clearer skies will start to move in.
:28:53. > :28:57.South East England slow to brighten up, so we will keep a lot of cloud.
:28:58. > :29:01.Wales also staying probably rather cloudy. A few brighter spells
:29:02. > :29:06.getting into the north. Yesterday, what a miserable day it was across
:29:07. > :29:10.the North East of England. Temperatures around 6 Celsius in
:29:11. > :29:13.some places. Today, it is dry and bright and a bit warmer as well. So
:29:14. > :29:18.bright skies there. Northern Ireland will stay rather cloudy. Overnight,
:29:19. > :29:21.the cloud will continue to thicken up across western areas. That will
:29:22. > :29:26.stop temperatures from falling too low. Across Plymouth, Cardiff,
:29:27. > :29:33.Belfast, temperatures 7-10 Celsius. It will be a different story further
:29:34. > :29:38.east. Last night across northern Scotland, temperatures got down to
:29:39. > :29:39.-4 Celsius. So a cold night coming up.
:29:40. > :29:43.-4 Celsius. So a cold night coming The frost will be a bit more
:29:44. > :29:47.widespread as well. -4 Celsius possible across the Vale of York.
:29:48. > :29:51.Further south, the Midlands, we could see a few patches of frost.
:29:52. > :29:56.Southern England, the coldest spots down to -2 Celsius. So expect a
:29:57. > :30:01.cold, frosty start to the morning. But, at least there will be plenty
:30:02. > :30:05.of sunshine to start the day. Thanks to an area of high pressure. For
:30:06. > :30:10.Northern Ireland, the weather is going downhill pretty quickly.
:30:11. > :30:15.Eventually, that rain will move into western Scotland. Otherwise, it will
:30:16. > :30:18.stay dry. The rest of the bank holiday weekend - there is a bit of
:30:19. > :30:33.uncertainty as far as the weather goes with weather fronts pestering
:30:34. > :30:37.the North West of the British Isles. Across the eastern side of Scotland
:30:38. > :30:41.and England, the weather is better. It should be dry for just about
:30:42. > :30:45.everyone. The best of the sunshine the further south and east you are.
:30:46. > :30:48.There could be further changes with the weather forecast because there
:30:49. > :30:51.is a bit of uncertainty. You can stay one step ahead of the weather
:30:52. > :30:56.by checking the forecast on bbc.co.uk/weather.
:30:57. > :31:02.Thank you very much. Before we leave you, the headlines: Ukrainian forces
:31:03. > :31:06.have been fighting pro-Russian troops in the east of the country.
:31:07. > :31:10.Moscow calls for an end to the violence.
:31:11. > :31:14.The Sinn Fein Leader is questioned for a third day over the murder of
:31:15. > :31:19.Jean McConville more than 40 years ago.
:31:20. > :31:20.That is all from the team here. Now, it is time to join