:00:00. > :00:10.'Manifestly dysfunctional' - the damning verdict on The Co-op Group
:00:11. > :00:13.in a new report. A former city minister calls for
:00:14. > :00:16.widespread reform, and says the group's board was "still stuck in
:00:17. > :00:22.denial over a near ruinous failure of governance". I think it's only
:00:23. > :00:25.through strong language that I can get the message through to the eight
:00:26. > :00:30.million members that radical and fundamental change is required.
:00:31. > :00:40.We'll be hearing from Lord Myners, who wrote that report.
:00:41. > :00:43.Chaotic scenes outside court as the former chairman of The Co-op Bank
:00:44. > :00:49.Paul Flowers pleads guilty to drug offences.
:00:50. > :00:57.Also this lunchtime: police are investigating whether a violent
:00:58. > :00:59.criminal struck again. The trial of veteran broadcaster
:01:00. > :01:02.Stuart Hall hears claims that he repeatedly raped two girls in his
:01:03. > :01:05.dressing room at the BBC. And who says there's no politics at
:01:06. > :01:10.Eurovision? Russia's entry is booed as it reaches the final in
:01:11. > :01:13.Copenhagen. Later on BBC London: A woman walks
:01:14. > :01:18.free from court after killing her husband in a failed suicide pact.
:01:19. > :01:19.And anger at The Met after police hold a teenager with Down's syndrome
:01:20. > :01:41.for nine hours. Good afternoon and welcome to the
:01:42. > :01:45.BBC News At One. There's a warning today that the
:01:46. > :01:51.future of The Co-op Group could be in danger unless it makes radical
:01:52. > :01:54.changes to the way it is run. The former Labour minister Lord Myners
:01:55. > :01:56.has published a report in which he says the current management
:01:57. > :01:59.structure isn't fit for purpose. He's recommending the creation of a
:02:00. > :02:06.much smaller governing board made up of people with more business
:02:07. > :02:10.experience. Simon Gompertz has more. It comes on the day the former
:02:11. > :02:24.chairman of the bank Paul Flowers was charged with drug possession.
:02:25. > :02:27.It is The Co-op calamity. The running of all its assets condemned
:02:28. > :02:31.in one of the most condemning report ever produced on a British
:02:32. > :02:36.business. It is from the former minister and M chairman Lord
:02:37. > :02:40.Myners who says the board is not up to the job. I would say the
:02:41. > :02:44.competency level of the regional level directors is very low by the
:02:45. > :02:55.standard of what is required. Some of them understand -- struggled to
:02:56. > :02:59.understand basic financial concepts. The Co-op was the heavyweight food
:03:00. > :03:05.retailer in the 1950s, but recently it has lost ?3.5 billion of its
:03:06. > :03:09.value. Lord Myners says it's structure of local committees
:03:10. > :03:14.electing to regional ones and then a large board does not work. He wants
:03:15. > :03:20.a smaller, professional board, a nominations committee to bet
:03:21. > :03:24.directors who would be elected, bypassing it is, plus a national
:03:25. > :03:30.membership committee to handle ethics. Much damage has been caused
:03:31. > :03:36.by the near collapse of the Co-operative Bank, but despite the
:03:37. > :03:41.dire situation, there is opposition from so -- from some co-op regions.
:03:42. > :03:44.What he needs is the current members of The Co-operative Group to be able
:03:45. > :03:49.to vote for significant changes. It does not help if they are being
:03:50. > :03:54.criticised as they happened today. By issuing such a damning report on
:03:55. > :03:58.the leadership of The Co-op, Lord Myners is damning -- piling the
:03:59. > :04:02.pressure on members to approve the sort of professional board he wants
:04:03. > :04:07.to see. Otherwise, he warns the very existence of the group could be
:04:08. > :04:12.under threat. The Co-op has stated it is committed to far reaching and
:04:13. > :04:15.fundamental reform. Decision time comes at the annual general meeting
:04:16. > :04:19.in ten days when it votes on its future.
:04:20. > :04:22.Meanwhile, the former chairman of The Co-op bank, Paul Flowers, has
:04:23. > :04:25.appeared in court charged with drugs possession. He was arrested last
:04:26. > :04:29.November after newspaper allegations that he'd been involved in a drugs
:04:30. > :04:31.deal. He'd stepped down from The Co-op six months earlier over
:04:32. > :04:42.concerns about his expenses. Ed Thomas is outside Leeds Magistrates'
:04:43. > :04:46.Court. There was absolute chaos as Paul
:04:47. > :04:51.Flowers arrived. He was surrounded by journalists. He refused to answer
:04:52. > :04:55.any questions. Inside was much more calm. His barrister said he was full
:04:56. > :04:59.of remorse, and a man of good character. This report has flash
:05:00. > :05:04.photography. Paul Flowers came to court
:05:05. > :05:09.prepared, three minders by his side, ready to admit his guilt and
:05:10. > :05:16.to face justice. But justice wasn't ready for him. The doors were locked
:05:17. > :05:28.and there was nowhere to go. So, he waited, and told reporters exactly
:05:29. > :05:36.what he thought of them. It was those same vultures who published
:05:37. > :05:37.this. Secret filming of the former co-operative bank chairman buying
:05:38. > :05:46.cocaine, methamphetamine and kept on. Films by a man who thought the
:05:47. > :05:51.former chairman was a hypocrite. And then, there was this, his disaster
:05:52. > :05:56.of a performance in Parliament, in front of MPs, about the near
:05:57. > :06:05.collapse of the Co-operative Bank. Roughly, what is your total asset
:06:06. > :06:12.value? Just over 3 billion. I am talking about the assets. I am as
:06:13. > :06:20.well. Your annual accounts showed them at 47 billion. Today, he left
:06:21. > :06:28.court surrounded by chaos. His criminal case is over. What do you
:06:29. > :06:33.say to your former colleagues? But he is a free man. Before he left, he
:06:34. > :06:40.said, don't add me any questions, because you won't get any answers.
:06:41. > :06:45.You still get the sense there are some questions that need and spring.
:06:46. > :06:52.The main one is, how did you get to the very top of the co-operative
:06:53. > :06:56.Bank and stay there for so long? Police are investigating whether
:06:57. > :07:03.there is any link between an armed robbery and the escape of a
:07:04. > :07:12.convicted armed robber known as the Skull Cracker. Armed police were
:07:13. > :07:17.sent to the scene at 10:20am after reports of an armed robbery. Surrey
:07:18. > :07:23.Police say they are cooperating with Kent Police who are leading the hunt
:07:24. > :07:27.for the 55-year-old Skull Cracker who absconded from a prison in Kent
:07:28. > :07:32.over the weekend when he was serving 13 life sentences for robbery. The
:07:33. > :07:35.last confirmed sighting of him was in Twickenham on Monday evening,
:07:36. > :07:39.that is six miles from where this armed robbery took place this
:07:40. > :07:43.morning, so it is a natural line of enquiry. But police are being
:07:44. > :07:48.cautious about saying it is any more than that. It is an early stage of
:07:49. > :07:52.the investigation. They have asked anyone who may have seen anything
:07:53. > :07:59.around that building society at 10am to contact them.
:08:00. > :08:02.The trial of Stuart Hall has heard that the veteran broadcaster groomed
:08:03. > :08:05.two young girls, then repeatedly raped them in his BBC dressing room
:08:06. > :08:09.in Manchester in the 1970s. The jury heard that one of the girls was aged
:08:10. > :08:13.between ten and 12 when she was first raped - the other was as young
:08:14. > :08:16.as 12. The court's also been told that Stuart Hall does not dispute
:08:17. > :08:19.that he had sexual intercourse with the girls, but that he denies that
:08:20. > :08:22.it was rape, and will say it was consensual. Judith Moritz has been
:08:23. > :08:32.listening to the morning's proceedings.
:08:33. > :08:36.That's right, the jury were told that last year Stuart Hall was
:08:37. > :08:42.convicted of these sexual abuses of 13 girls. In the wake of the
:08:43. > :08:46.publicity surrounding that case, two women have come forward also
:08:47. > :08:52.alleging that they were abused by the former broadcaster in the late
:08:53. > :08:59.1970s. Abuse which includes, they say, multiple counts of rape. The
:09:00. > :09:04.jury were told some of the detail of that today, but Stuart Hall's
:09:05. > :09:07.barrister also told them that, whilst his client admits having
:09:08. > :09:13.sexual intercourse with the girls in the 1970s, he will say was
:09:14. > :09:18.consensual. He said to the jury, you will have to decide whether or not
:09:19. > :09:23.he is a rapist. My report contains some flash the geography.
:09:24. > :09:27.Stuart Hall was brought to court again this morning from prison,
:09:28. > :09:33.where he is serving a 30 month sentence for child sex offences he
:09:34. > :09:38.was convicted of last year. Today, the new trial against him began. He
:09:39. > :09:43.listened to proceedings through headphones as the prosecution opened
:09:44. > :09:47.its case. Peter Wright QC told the jury that Stuart Hall braked and
:09:48. > :09:53.indecently assaulted two girls in the 1970s when they were younger
:09:54. > :09:57.than 16. He said, these were young, impressionable teenagers being
:09:58. > :10:00.groomed by a sexual predator into satisfying his sexual requirements.
:10:01. > :10:05.He took advantage of the influence he held over them. Now, all these
:10:06. > :10:10.years later, their silence has been broken. The court heard that the
:10:11. > :10:14.girls were raped in his dressing room at the former BBC studios in
:10:15. > :10:21.Manchester. One girl says it happens so often she lost count, but
:10:22. > :10:27.estimates at least 30 occasions. The jury was told Street -- Stuart Hall
:10:28. > :10:33.admits to having sex with the girls, but will argue they consented. He
:10:34. > :10:36.denies 15 charges of rape and five of indecent assault. The case
:10:37. > :10:41.continues. The jury have begun to hear from the
:10:42. > :10:44.first witness in the case, the first of the women who alleges she was
:10:45. > :10:48.abused as a child. She's been telling them about a situation when
:10:49. > :10:54.she was in a swimming pool would Stuart Hall as a young girl and she
:10:55. > :10:57.says that he groped her. She said, I remember feeling very uncomfortable
:10:58. > :11:05.with the scenario. He kept holding me all the time like an invasion of
:11:06. > :11:08.your space. The trial continues. The Nigerian government has offered
:11:09. > :11:10.a reward of ?175,000 to help find the schoolgirls kidnapped by the
:11:11. > :11:13.Islamist extremist group, Boko Haram. A team of American experts,
:11:14. > :11:16.including military advisers, is being sent to the capital Abuja to
:11:17. > :11:27.help in the search for the girls. From Nigeria, Tomi Oladipo sent this
:11:28. > :11:32.report. It has been three weeks since the
:11:33. > :11:38.girls were adopted. So far, the Nigerian government has appeared
:11:39. > :11:42.powerless to rescue them. This has caused outrage on the streets of the
:11:43. > :11:48.Nigerian capital, Abuja, with protests growing every day. These
:11:49. > :11:54.feelings are being echoed around the world. If the world does nothing and
:11:55. > :11:58.they get away with it then we set this horrible precedent, so I think
:11:59. > :12:03.it is extremely important something is done to try to find these girls
:12:04. > :12:08.and bring them home. God forbid we can't, we still have to bring these
:12:09. > :12:14.men to justice. The US is now sending in a team to help. This
:12:15. > :12:18.organisation has been one of the worst local terrorist organisations
:12:19. > :12:22.in the world. We have long sought to do with Nigeria in dealing with them
:12:23. > :12:27.and we will do everything we can to assist them in their recovery of
:12:28. > :12:33.these young women. Looking at what is on offer, the US operates a base
:12:34. > :12:37.nearby. From there, it can send drones to fly over the dense forests
:12:38. > :12:41.where the girls are thought to be capped. Military and forensic
:12:42. > :12:45.experts are also expected to be deployed. The focus in Nigeria
:12:46. > :12:48.should have been on the World Economic Forum looking at regional
:12:49. > :12:52.growth, but it has been overshadowed by this painful news. Nigeria has
:12:53. > :12:57.grown to be the largest economy in Africa, and that is the picture they
:12:58. > :13:09.would want the world to see. But it is different to ignore the ongoing
:13:10. > :13:12.security issues which have cost thousands of lives in recent years.
:13:13. > :13:14.For the families of the kidnapped girls, the agony continues. They're
:13:15. > :13:19.been reports of eight more girls being taken by Boko Haram.
:13:20. > :13:23.Here, David Cameron called the abductions an act of pure evil.
:13:24. > :13:26.During Prime Minister's Questions, he also confirmed that a British
:13:27. > :13:30.military training team was already in the country, and that the UK was
:13:31. > :13:33.ready to help in any way it could. Let's speak to our chief political
:13:34. > :13:38.correspondent, Norman Smith. These were Mr Cameron's first words
:13:39. > :13:42.on the kidnapping of the Nigerian schoolgirls and he said as a father
:13:43. > :13:46.of two daughters who could only imagine the pain that the families
:13:47. > :13:50.were going through. But it is clear there is a degree of frustration in
:13:51. > :13:54.government circles about the response of the Nigerian authorities
:13:55. > :13:57.so far. Mr Cameron said that had been repeated offers of help after
:13:58. > :14:01.the girls were kidnapped three weeks ago. There is already a team of
:14:02. > :14:07.British military trainers in Nigeria, there are counterterrorism
:14:08. > :14:11.officers on-site, but my understanding is that so far there
:14:12. > :14:20.have been no requests for assistance from the Prime Minister. It is not
:14:21. > :14:23.just the humanitarian fact about is prompting British government in
:14:24. > :14:29.patience. There is also a concern that this goes way beyond Nigeria.
:14:30. > :14:34.Mr Cameron's view is that there is that this affects the whole world,
:14:35. > :14:39.it is about Islamic extremism. This is an act of pure evil, it has
:14:40. > :14:42.united people across the planet to unite with Nigeria and to find these
:14:43. > :14:48.children and return to their parents. The British government made
:14:49. > :14:52.repeated offers of help to the Nigerian government and I will be
:14:53. > :14:57.speaking to the leader this afternoon. We stand ready to provide
:14:58. > :15:00.any assistance and to work closely with the US. We already have a
:15:01. > :15:07.British military training team in Nigeria, the Foreign Office have
:15:08. > :15:12.counterterrorism experts. We should be proud that we are playing a role
:15:13. > :15:16.in helping to educate a thousand Nigerian children. This is not just
:15:17. > :15:21.a Nigerian issue, it is a global issue. There are extreme Islamists
:15:22. > :15:27.around our world who are against education and progress, equality. We
:15:28. > :15:30.must fight them on and take them on. That is perhaps another reason why
:15:31. > :15:36.there is this irritation, frustration, I think, in government
:15:37. > :15:38.circles. Not just the backed of the humanitarian horror of the situation
:15:39. > :15:45.and the need to confront this Islamist extremism, but because
:15:46. > :15:53.through British government aid we supply 600,000 places the
:15:54. > :16:03.schoolgirls in Nigeria. In Syria, it looks like the siege of Homs could
:16:04. > :16:07.be over. It had been known as the capital of the revolution. Now, the
:16:08. > :16:10.two sides have reached an agreement which will see more than 1000 rubble
:16:11. > :16:18.troops pulling out of the city. Our correspondent has been monitoring
:16:19. > :16:21.events from Beirut. -- rebel troops. This is very significant
:16:22. > :16:24.symbolically and strategically. This place was called by the opposition
:16:25. > :16:28.in the capital of the revolution, and now they are abandoning it. The
:16:29. > :16:32.rebel fighters that we saw looked utterly demoralised. We spoke to
:16:33. > :16:38.people by Skype who were extremely bitter about, in their view, being
:16:39. > :16:42.abandoned by the outside world and by their own political leadership in
:16:43. > :16:46.Turkey, and by the other rebel fighters, just outside Homs. This
:16:47. > :16:50.was a very painful decision for them, no mistake. It was one which
:16:51. > :16:54.divided deeply the rebel forces inside Homs. It took several months
:16:55. > :16:59.for them to agree to this withdrawal. The Islamists Nusra
:17:00. > :17:05.Front, linked to Al-Qaeda, wanted to stay and carry eight Campana line of
:17:06. > :17:08.suicide bombings to break the siege. In fact, they started to do that.
:17:09. > :17:13.But it did not work in the face of air strikes. It is not a complete
:17:14. > :17:17.surrender, because they have been allowed to leave with their weapons,
:17:18. > :17:23.but they have now abandoned this very important place. The upshot is
:17:24. > :17:29.that President Assad is looking stronger than ever. Our top story
:17:30. > :17:31.this lunchtime - a report says the Co-op group is in danger of
:17:32. > :17:37.disappearing because its management structures are not fit for purpose.
:17:38. > :17:42.Still to come, move aside, Tyrannosaurus rex, here is Pinocchio
:17:43. > :17:47.rex. Later on BBC London News, digging deep to bring communities
:17:48. > :17:52.together, can Gardening help people feel less lonely? And could it be
:17:53. > :17:54.the end of the line for this steam engine? Younger volunteers are
:17:55. > :18:06.needed to keep it running. South Africans go to the polls today
:18:07. > :18:09.in the first vote since the death of Nelson Mandela. The ruling African
:18:10. > :18:13.National Congress is favourite to win the election, but its campaign
:18:14. > :18:15.has been hit by concern over high unemployment and corruption. Here's
:18:16. > :18:24.our Africa correspondent, Andrew Harding. They began queueing here
:18:25. > :18:27.before dawn. Many are still loyal and grateful to the party which
:18:28. > :18:34.helped to liberate South Africa and has been in power ever since.
:18:35. > :18:41.Freedom of speech, better roads, better facilities, and we are no
:18:42. > :18:47.longer treated like slaves, like they used to treat us like slaves,
:18:48. > :18:54.long ago. So you will be voting today for... ? For the legacy of the
:18:55. > :18:58.old man. For the ANC. No doubt about it. Which explains why Jacob Zuma
:18:59. > :19:06.will almost certainly keep his job, despite being accused of
:19:07. > :19:10.corruption. That the ANC is the army was brought into this impoverished
:19:11. > :19:13.township after riots yesterday. In troubled communities like this one,
:19:14. > :19:18.the optimism of 20 years ago has evaporated, to be replaced by
:19:19. > :19:23.cynicism, frustration and increasingly, by violence. These
:19:24. > :19:29.teenagers say they took part in yesterday's protests. At the heart
:19:30. > :19:43.of all young South Africans, the so-called porn frees, are struggling
:19:44. > :19:48.to find work. -- Born Frees. He has done nothing but corruption. So I do
:19:49. > :19:53.not think the ANC should lead any longer. A new party should begin a
:19:54. > :19:56.chance to lead us. And there are plenty of parties vying for power,
:19:57. > :20:00.splitting the opposition vote. Some are promising an end to corruption,
:20:01. > :20:07.others are complaining that too much of the economy remains in white
:20:08. > :20:11.hands. Here, we found plenty of frustrated ANC supporters who were
:20:12. > :20:16.considering a protest vote today. By not voting them today, I am sending
:20:17. > :20:20.assigned to them that I am your supporter, but the thing is, I am a
:20:21. > :20:25.bit frustrated with what you are doing to our people. And that is a
:20:26. > :20:28.common view here, that the ANC is losing its way, but it may not be
:20:29. > :20:39.beyond redemption. A 77-year-old man has died after his
:20:40. > :20:44.car was hit by a train at a level crossing in North Yorkshire. The
:20:45. > :20:47.incident happened at around a quarter past nine this morning. No
:20:48. > :20:49.passengers were injured but the train driver was treated for severe
:20:50. > :20:52.shock. The author Leslie Thomas, best known
:20:53. > :20:54.for his novel about national service The Virgin Soldiers, has died. The
:20:55. > :20:57.83-year-old also worked as a journalist, covering the trial of
:20:58. > :21:01.the Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann. He died at his home near
:21:02. > :21:04.Salisbury in Wiltshire after a lengthy illness.
:21:05. > :21:08.The care industry needs to make sure that their workers have a basic
:21:09. > :21:11.grasp of English before they are allowed to work with vulnerable
:21:12. > :21:13.people in their homes. That's according to a government advisor
:21:14. > :21:17.who says that poor language skills could lead to the bad care and abuse
:21:18. > :21:19.of patients and racial abuse towards carers. Here's our social affairs
:21:20. > :21:32.correspondent Michael Buchanan. Allowing a stranger into your home
:21:33. > :21:36.can leave many people feeling vulnerable. Carers are often asked
:21:37. > :21:41.to carry out basic tasks such as cooking, cleaning and bathing, so,
:21:42. > :21:44.being able to understand each other is crucial. Many workers from
:21:45. > :21:48.outside the European Union already have to prove they can speak basic
:21:49. > :21:52.English. Now, this government adviser says it is time for care
:21:53. > :21:57.agencies to make sure their employees from within the EU also
:21:58. > :22:02.have good language skills. It is the core of the care work,
:22:03. > :22:06.communication. And also, interpersonal relationships. If you
:22:07. > :22:09.do not have the necessary skills to build that on, it may cause further
:22:10. > :22:19.problems, further misunderstanding and a stress. The care industry
:22:20. > :22:26.relies heavily on foreign workers. 20% of the UK's carers are migrants.
:22:27. > :22:29.In the major cities, it can be 50%. These two Hungarian women used to
:22:30. > :22:34.work as carers. Even though they both speak good English, they still
:22:35. > :22:39.had problems. I did not know the word hoist, or I did not know the
:22:40. > :22:45.word gravy, what you put in chicken stew! Care agencies accept good
:22:46. > :22:50.communication skills are essential, but they say paying for more
:22:51. > :22:54.training could be difficult. Social care is dramatically underfunded in
:22:55. > :22:59.the UK. We need to make sure that local authorities, who purchased the
:23:00. > :23:04.majority of care, our funding care properly. One of the biggest risks
:23:05. > :23:08.is the training, including training in English language, suffers if care
:23:09. > :23:12.is underfunded. As the population ages, more carers will be required.
:23:13. > :23:19.Those looking after us will need the right skills to make The Appeal
:23:20. > :23:22.Court has ruled that the sentence given to a man who killed another
:23:23. > :23:24.man with a single punch was not "unduly leniant".
:23:25. > :23:31.Russia says there is no point in holding a new round of talks on
:23:32. > :23:40.Ukraine. The Foreign Secretary is in Kiev today. There should be no doubt
:23:41. > :23:43.that the Russian government is trying to orchestrate conflict and
:23:44. > :23:47.provocations in the east and south of Ukraine, and that the immediate
:23:48. > :23:52.goal is the destruction of elections on the 25th of May. Although of
:23:53. > :23:59.course, they might also be trying to provide a pretext for intervention.
:24:00. > :24:04.Our correspondent is in Kiev. The situation is already tense, this
:24:05. > :24:11.would appear to make it even more so? That's right. We also spoke to
:24:12. > :24:15.the Foreign Secretary one on one, and in addition to what is going on
:24:16. > :24:20.right now, we asked what the long-term consequences of this
:24:21. > :24:24.crisis could be. William Hague told us that it could be very serious. He
:24:25. > :24:29.said although the West would continue to work with Russia on
:24:30. > :24:33.international issues, he said that Russia is obviously not sharing our
:24:34. > :24:37.values. He said ten years ago there was hope that Russia shared our
:24:38. > :24:42.values, but this was not the case. I asked him if this meant that this
:24:43. > :24:45.could be a Cold War stand-off. He said he would not describe it as a
:24:46. > :24:50.Cold War, but he said, I would say we have to be ready for a different
:24:51. > :24:54.state of relations with Russia, in the next ten years. So, obviously,
:24:55. > :24:56.this is not just something which affects Ukraine and the The Green
:24:57. > :24:59.Party has launched its local election campaign in the West
:25:00. > :25:01.Midlands today. West, but it is something which is going to be
:25:02. > :25:08.affecting the West and relations with Russia for some time to come.
:25:09. > :25:12.There were clashes of a different kind last night between supporters
:25:13. > :25:15.of Ukraine and Russia, this time it was on the stage, for the Eurovision
:25:16. > :25:19.Song Contest. When the Russian act went through to the final, the
:25:20. > :25:23.audience left judges and viewers in no doubt about how they felt about
:25:24. > :25:29.current events in Ukraine. Lizo Mzimba has the story. With the
:25:30. > :25:33.continuing political tension between Russia and Ukraine, many were
:25:34. > :25:43.waiting to see how it might affect the annual contest celebrating
:25:44. > :25:46.musical unity. Ukraine's semifinal performance from Maria Yaremchuk was
:25:47. > :25:53.well received. She went on to qualify for the final. Russia's
:25:54. > :25:57.entry from the teenage Tolmachevy Twins song about the world showing
:25:58. > :26:00.some love. But when it was announced that they would be one of the
:26:01. > :26:11.countries competing in the final on Saturday, there were boos in the
:26:12. > :26:15.arena. COMMENTATOR: Russia have a 100%
:26:16. > :26:21.success rate in qualifying for the final. Oh, the audience do not seem
:26:22. > :26:29.to like that... I am from Russia, I have Ukrainian roots, but here, I am
:26:30. > :26:32.only here for music. There is politics, and this is music summer
:26:33. > :26:39.so we are glad that Russia gets through as well. The UK
:26:40. > :26:42.automatically qualifies for the final, but whoever wins on Saturday
:26:43. > :26:48.could end up being overshadowed by Russia and Ukraine.
:26:49. > :26:52.More than 60 million years ago, it was this fearsome beast,
:26:53. > :26:54.Tyrannosaurus rex, that ruled the Earth. Well scientists from
:26:55. > :26:57.Edinburgh say they've discovered a new species in China, uncovered by
:26:58. > :27:00.workers digging on a construction site. It's slightly different from
:27:01. > :27:05.other finds, with a longer snout, which has led the scientists to
:27:06. > :27:13.nickname the dinosaur Pinocchio rex. Jon Brain reports. You wait 66
:27:14. > :27:17.million years to be rediscovered, and when you are, all anybody wants
:27:18. > :27:22.to talk about is how big your nose is. Step forward Qianzhousaurus
:27:23. > :27:28.sinensis, nicknamed Pinocchio rex on account of his extraordinary long
:27:29. > :27:30.snout. The remains of the skull were discovered in southern China.
:27:31. > :27:34.Researchers from Edinburgh University examined them and
:27:35. > :27:40.identified a previously unknown species of dinosaur. Pinocchio was
:27:41. > :27:44.actually related to our more familiar friend Tyrannosaurus rex.
:27:45. > :27:48.They would have shared the same toothy grin. The T-rex was more
:27:49. > :27:53.fearsome looking, with thicker teeth and a more powerful jaw and a much
:27:54. > :27:57.smaller snout. But despite his comical appearance, you would not
:27:58. > :28:02.have wanted to meet Qianzhousaurus sinensis in a dark alley. He would
:28:03. > :28:05.have looked funny with these little horns sticking out from his nose,
:28:06. > :28:10.but it would've been a deadly animal. It was not as big as T-rex,
:28:11. > :28:13.but hardly anything was. This guy would have been eight or nine metres
:28:14. > :28:21.long, it would have weighed about a tonne, you would have run from it!
:28:22. > :28:26.Scientists say they expect more species to be discovered. It is a
:28:27. > :28:31.doubt any of them would be a match for T-rex himself.
:28:32. > :29:19.mix of sunny spells and showers. Coming further south, we start to
:29:20. > :29:34.lose the showers. It has been quite sunny up to now. But a bit more
:29:35. > :29:41.cloud feeding in in the afternoon. Reasonable temperatures. Let's go
:29:42. > :29:46.back to the rain as we head back into northern England. Not a
:29:47. > :29:49.pleasant end to the day. Not too much rain getting across to the
:29:50. > :29:58.eastern side of the Pennines until later on. We will keep the breeze
:29:59. > :30:05.going, and quite a bit of cloud, except in northern Scotland, which
:30:06. > :30:08.will have some clearer spells. You might have noticed some more rain
:30:09. > :30:14.heading in behind me, thanks to this weather system. It is going to be a
:30:15. > :30:23.little bit messy, in terms of the amount of rain, and how far north it
:30:24. > :30:27.gets. Not a pleasant day as you come into Northern Ireland and across the
:30:28. > :30:38.rest of England and Wales. Never reliably dry, really. Quite a breezy
:30:39. > :30:42.day as well for Friday. This time more of a mix of sunshine and
:30:43. > :30:49.showers. If you catch a shower, you will know about it. They will be
:30:50. > :30:53.quite heavy, I think. Looking ahead to the weekend, it is not a pretty
:30:54. > :30:55.picture, to be honest. Saturday in particular looking wet for many of
:30:56. > :31:16.us. Call blowing in as well. Our main headline... There has been
:31:17. > :31:20.a warning that the Co-op Group could diminish into insignificance if it
:31:21. > :31:21.does not make radical changes to the way it is one. That is all