:00:00. > :00:24.Rolf Harris arrives in court to face 12 counts of indecent assault
:00:25. > :00:30.against four young girls. Will be live at the court as the trial
:00:31. > :00:33.begins. Also this lunchtime... Worldwide demonstrations call for
:00:34. > :01:19.the immediate release of the 200 schoolgirls abducted in Nigeria.
:01:20. > :01:24.Here in the East. RAF Marham could become a pan-European engineering
:01:25. > :01:27.hub to service a new generation of fighter jets. And a donation of ?8
:01:28. > :08:17.million to Cambridge University for a brand new technology centre.
:08:18. > :08:24.The bank is where your money is. That is why tax officers want the
:08:25. > :08:28.power to get their hands on it without getting a court order. It is
:08:29. > :08:37.a big change of principle being consulted on after the Chancellor
:08:38. > :08:44.said that is what he wanted. HMR SeaWorld get powers to retrieve
:08:45. > :08:52.debts from people 's bank accounts. -- HMRC. They could freeze your
:08:53. > :08:57.accounts for a fortnight to give you another chance to pay. Surplus funds
:08:58. > :09:01.in your accounts would have to exceed ?5,000. There is serious
:09:02. > :09:07.concern from an influential committee of MPs. HMRC must have the
:09:08. > :09:12.powers they need to get the money in all we will all pay more tax. That
:09:13. > :09:21.does not mean their powers will be limitless. Tax offices are targeting
:09:22. > :09:27.a hard-core of 17,000 non-payers. Accountants worry they already get
:09:28. > :09:32.it wrong too frequently. Berry is always the danger that a power like
:09:33. > :09:38.that might be abused. If it is abuse just once, it is once too often. It
:09:39. > :09:43.might not necessarily be abused, it may just be wrongly targeted by
:09:44. > :09:48.mistake. Normally, you are the only person who has the right to remove
:09:49. > :09:53.money from your account unless it is all child maintenance. It means tax
:09:54. > :09:57.officers will be able to take out cash which they say you owe and they
:09:58. > :10:03.will want access to joint accounts as well, which means your partner
:10:04. > :10:11.could be affected as well. Revenue and Customs said most people pay on
:10:12. > :10:16.time but a minority do not and some refutes -- refused to engage at
:10:17. > :10:20.all. MPs want extra safeguards, controlled by an independent body
:10:21. > :10:29.and damages for taxpayers if revenue and Customs takes many in error. A
:10:30. > :10:38.second alleged rape victim in the trial against Stuart Hall has denied
:10:39. > :10:46.coming forward will stop she has said she never considered asking for
:10:47. > :10:53.money. Our correspondent is at Preston Crown Court with more. In
:10:54. > :10:58.this case, there are two women who both claim they were raped by Stuart
:10:59. > :11:03.Hall when they were teenagers in the late 1970s, early 1980s. Yesterday,
:11:04. > :11:06.the first of those women told the jury they had sought compensation
:11:07. > :11:32.from the broadcaster. She was also asked about how she had
:11:33. > :11:39.been made to feel by Stuart Hall during the alleged rapes, which she
:11:40. > :11:44.said happened at the BBC. She asked if she was frightened and she said,
:11:45. > :11:51.no, quite the contrary. She was asked if she liked that and she
:11:52. > :11:59.said, no. It was hideous. The case continues. Our main story this
:12:00. > :12:03.lunchtime: The jury has heard that the TV presenter, Rolf Harris, is a
:12:04. > :12:11.Jekyll Hyde character who groomed and molested the friend of his own
:12:12. > :12:16.daughter. Still to come, the search of a medical breakthrough in a
:12:17. > :12:22.rather unusual place. The Neath the ways lies an incredibly rich and
:12:23. > :12:24.diverse way of life. It is here where scientists hope to find the
:12:25. > :12:34.next generation of life-saving drugs. After a 15 year break, David
:12:35. > :12:50.the bit -- David Baddiel tells us about the highs and lows of failing.
:12:51. > :12:59.Vladimir Putin has arrived in Crimea, which Russia annexed two
:13:00. > :13:02.months ago, Worldwide demonstrations call for the immediate release of
:13:03. > :13:16.the 200 schoolgirls abducted in Nigeria. 11,000 servicemen took
:13:17. > :13:19.part, projecting an image of Russia as a military heavyweight. Our
:13:20. > :13:31.correspondent Steve Rosenberg was there. On Red Square today, there
:13:32. > :13:39.was pomp and pat treaties. Russia marked victory Day with a massive
:13:40. > :13:44.military parade. Victory day is a sacred date in this country. More
:13:45. > :13:49.than a million Soviet citizens were killed in World War II. The guests
:13:50. > :13:52.of honour were those who had fought Nazi Germany and survived. They've
:13:53. > :13:58.brought their families along to share their glory. Addressing the
:13:59. > :14:01.veterans, President Putin said it had been the Soviet people 's iron
:14:02. > :14:08.Will which had saved Europe from slavery. It was our country, he
:14:09. > :14:17.said, that had chased the Nazis to their lair. After the troops rolled
:14:18. > :14:22.the tanks, Moscow parading some of its most modern military hardware, a
:14:23. > :14:26.warning to the West to take Russia seriously and to avoid
:14:27. > :14:30.confrontation. This display of military might and patriotic fervour
:14:31. > :14:35.is not just about honouring their heroes of the past, it sends a very
:14:36. > :14:41.clear message about today 's Russia, which sees itself once again as a
:14:42. > :14:47.superpower. There were victory Day parades away from Moscow as well.
:14:48. > :14:51.This is Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsular which Russia annexed
:14:52. > :14:57.early this year. President Putin has learned there this afternoon. A
:14:58. > :15:03.visit was likely to spark an angry reaction to the West. In eastern
:15:04. > :15:08.Ukraine, instead of celebration, confrontation. There were reports of
:15:09. > :15:23.clashes between Ukrainian security forces and pro-Russia activists.
:15:24. > :15:28.A criticism is not denting Russian pride. There is a way that Patrick
:15:29. > :15:33.is sweeping this country, making President Putin more popular than
:15:34. > :15:41.ever before. -- a wave of patriotism. Let's return to the
:15:42. > :15:47.issue of the visit to Crimea with Daniel Sandford. How is that there
:15:48. > :15:56.is it being viewed? For those people out on the streets, there are tens
:15:57. > :16:05.of thousands of them, the visit is greatly welcomed. He is regarded as
:16:06. > :16:13.the man who has reunified them. They have seen 70 warplanes flying
:16:14. > :16:17.overhead. It has been part of the celebrations of years ago. More
:16:18. > :16:26.bomber jets have been flying overhead. There is a boat in the
:16:27. > :16:39.harbour which is overlooking the ships. Tens of thousands of people
:16:40. > :16:43.are here Russian flags. The interim government in Kiev will be utterly
:16:44. > :16:49.horrified to see him landing in Sevastopol in a city that he now
:16:50. > :16:53.regards as Russia, and which the rest of the world regards as this
:16:54. > :17:04.part of Ukraine. It is very controversial. Thank you very much.
:17:05. > :17:08.Apologies for the slight technology issue on the line. You can find out
:17:09. > :17:12.more if you visit the website, including an in depth investigation
:17:13. > :17:20.of the crisis. There are a series of maps as well. The music and movie
:17:21. > :17:23.industries have reached a deal with internet service providers to tackle
:17:24. > :17:27.the problem of illegal downloading of music and films. A letter will be
:17:28. > :17:30.sent to customers accused of not paying for their downloads, which
:17:31. > :17:35.will suggest legal ways of buying material online. Our Techonology
:17:36. > :17:51.Correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones is with me. How will this work? Way
:17:52. > :17:54.back in 2010, the Digital Economy Act said that warning letters would
:17:55. > :17:59.be sent out. The act has never been put into action for years later. The
:18:00. > :18:02.Government has negotiated these long and tortuous talks between the
:18:03. > :18:12.internets server is provided on the one hand and the music and movie
:18:13. > :18:15.industries on the other. There will be millions of letters sent to
:18:16. > :18:22.people accused of illegally downloading. They will be quite soft
:18:23. > :18:27.intent. They will be educational. As far as one can see, at the end of
:18:28. > :18:31.the process, there is no sanction. It appears the internets servicemen
:18:32. > :18:35.riders, who have been very dubious about sending threatening letters to
:18:36. > :18:39.customers anyway, have really come out with a better deal than the
:18:40. > :18:46.music and movie industries who, at the end of it, have no sanctions.
:18:47. > :18:51.They will hope that this kind of message, you may tell your children
:18:52. > :18:57.to stop. Not quite a heavy sanctions they were hoping for. The Trade
:18:58. > :18:59.Unionist and Socialist Coalition has launched its local election
:19:00. > :19:02.campaign. The party is fielding 560 local election candidates around the
:19:03. > :19:06.country and is contesting three mayoral elections. They oppose all
:19:07. > :19:10.cuts to council jobs and services and the Government's austerity
:19:11. > :19:15.programme. Not enough is being done to ensure public money is being used
:19:16. > :19:19.appropriately by free schools. That is according to a group of MPs who
:19:20. > :19:22.say the Government is too reliant on whistle-blowers to reveal financial
:19:23. > :19:31.mismanagement at the schools. Our education correspondent, Gillian
:19:32. > :19:34.Hargreaves, reports. There has been a proliferation of free schools in
:19:35. > :19:39.England. MPs say the Government does not have proper oversight of how
:19:40. > :19:46.they are run. The department focused on speed. They wanted to open the
:19:47. > :19:50.schools and open them quickly. They fail to think about putting in place
:19:51. > :19:55.due processes and systems that make sure that money is properly spent.
:19:56. > :20:00.This free school in Derby is one of two schools being investigated
:20:01. > :20:04.following allegations of financial irregularities. MPs warned this
:20:05. > :20:08.management of public money should be covered by the Department of
:20:09. > :20:15.Education 's own monitoring process. How did you measure the distance?
:20:16. > :20:20.There are two free schools in Birmingham which are hugely popular.
:20:21. > :20:26.The head thinks the MPs warnings were misplaced. The report refers to
:20:27. > :20:32.2011 and 2012. Those systems were early and beginning to embed a whole
:20:33. > :20:36.new school system. It is completely different now in 2014. Those systems
:20:37. > :20:42.are in place and I absolutely believe we are grossly monitored.
:20:43. > :20:46.MPs have said the location of free schools also need a rethink. Larger
:20:47. > :20:57.schools are being built in expensive areas in the arm meeting demand for
:20:58. > :21:02.extra places. There are not enough good school places and not enough
:21:03. > :21:10.places. In areas of particularly acute need, they are being set up
:21:11. > :21:18.where there are not enough places. They are in the main part in men see
:21:19. > :21:21.popular with parents. -- immensely. The search for new and much needed
:21:22. > :21:24.life saving medicines has moved to unchartered waters. Scientists are
:21:25. > :21:27.looking deep beneath the ocean in the hope that a closer study of
:21:28. > :21:30.marine life will help them develop the next generation of drugs to
:21:31. > :21:33.treat anything from common infections to cancer. But there's a
:21:34. > :21:40.warning that their research could be hampered by a lack of international
:21:41. > :21:44.regulation. Our science correspondent, Rebecca Morelle, has
:21:45. > :21:47.been to Oban to find out more. Around the beautiful coastline of
:21:48. > :21:50.Scotland, a hunt is under way. This scenic spot might not look like it
:21:51. > :21:53.is at the centre of cutting-edge medical research but beneath the
:21:54. > :21:58.waves lies an incredibly rich and diverse array of life. It is here
:21:59. > :22:02.where scientists are pinning their hopes on finding the next generation
:22:03. > :22:05.of life-saving drugs. By studying creatures like this starfish,
:22:06. > :22:07.scientists hope to identify new chemicals and gene sequences which
:22:08. > :22:11.could lead to treatments for anything from infections to cancer.
:22:12. > :22:14.Researchers say we are in desperate need of new drugs and the potential
:22:15. > :22:32.of the ocean could spark a medical gold rush. Historically, this isn't
:22:33. > :22:35.a place that people have looked. So, they haven't exploited it. There is
:22:36. > :22:38.a whole raft of new technologies that are allowing one to screen more
:22:39. > :22:44.methodically, more scientifically, and of course a political will. We
:22:45. > :22:48.are looking... How can we exploit other parts of the planet? How can
:22:49. > :22:51.we produce new industries, new technologies? There is a lot of
:22:52. > :22:55.energy and resources going into this new area and that is partly because
:22:56. > :22:58.in coastal areas like this there are clearly defined laws about how
:22:59. > :23:02.scientists can exploit the riches of the sea. Out there in deeper waters
:23:03. > :23:05.it is a different story. Home to an extraordinary array of creatures and
:23:06. > :23:08.plants, international waters are governed by the UN's law of the sea.
:23:09. > :23:13.This regulates activities such as mineral extraction but it does not
:23:14. > :23:16.cover the hunt for new medicines. The worry is that without regulation
:23:17. > :23:22.these fragile habitats could be damaged beyond repair. Experts say
:23:23. > :23:27.the lack of clear laws could cause other problems too. It is
:23:28. > :23:30.particularly important for companies to have legal clarity when they are
:23:31. > :23:34.working in open waters because they are making a huge investment. If
:23:35. > :23:37.they don't have legal certainty, then they will potentially lose the
:23:38. > :23:46.right to produce that drug and that just is not acceptable to them. In
:23:47. > :23:51.my opinion, it would potentially put a lot of companies off investing.
:23:52. > :23:53.For now at least, back on the shore, the research continues, harvesting
:23:54. > :23:58.seaweed for its wound-healing properties. However, it is early
:23:59. > :24:03.days. Bringing a new drug to market can take 15 years and cost more than
:24:04. > :24:06.?1 billion. This though would be a drop in the ocean if this new
:24:07. > :24:13.frontier in medical research lives up to its promise.
:24:14. > :24:18.Belfast is awash with bicycles and the colour pink today as it plays
:24:19. > :24:24.host to one of cycling's biggest sporting events. It's an Italian
:24:25. > :24:27.event but Belfast beat off a rival bid from Venice to host the start
:24:28. > :24:30.and, after 14 months' preparation, it is certainly in celebration mood
:24:31. > :24:40.today. Chris Buckler has been watching the action. Italy 's
:24:41. > :24:46.biggest cycling race has taken a detour and ended up on the streets
:24:47. > :24:51.of Belfast. The roads around the city have been closed the practice
:24:52. > :24:54.and tonight they become a race track for the Giro d'Italia. It is a
:24:55. > :25:06.fierce competition with riders battling against each other. The
:25:07. > :25:11.clock... And the elements. Stephen Roach knows just how demanding the
:25:12. > :25:19.race can be. He won the event in 1987. It goes from hard to harder.
:25:20. > :25:32.After the three weeks, you have to take a week, ten days. The race will
:25:33. > :25:36.snake around the coastline and the tourist board says that will show
:25:37. > :25:41.off the spectacular scenery to hundreds of millions of television
:25:42. > :25:46.viewers around the world. You see the landscape. It is a bit like
:25:47. > :25:50.golf. That will showcase Northern Ireland. Pink is the colour of the
:25:51. > :25:54.competition and towns on the bridges have been specially decorated to
:25:55. > :26:02.welcome the riders. The Lord Mayor of Belfast has even dyed his hair
:26:03. > :26:06.the colour of the Gyro. For the sports fans, what is important is
:26:07. > :26:10.their chance to see some cycling superstar. To be the equivalent of a
:26:11. > :26:16.Madrid football is coming to Belfast. Over the next few days the
:26:17. > :26:21.riders will race across Ireland. That is only the beginning. Then it
:26:22. > :26:28.is on to Italy. The race itself lasts a gruelling three weeks and
:26:29. > :26:31.the Long Road begins here. Cricket, and rain has delayed the start of
:26:32. > :26:38.head coach Peter Moore's first match in charge of England. They are due
:26:39. > :26:40.to play Scotland in a one day international in Aberdeen but
:26:41. > :26:48.persistent rain has meant no play has taken place. Joe Wilson reports.
:26:49. > :26:51.International cricket does not come further north than theirs. The
:26:52. > :26:59.Aberdeen coast on Friday with the kind of gloomy beauty. Nobody minds
:27:00. > :27:05.water here. Spectators arrived with nothing but rain to see. You can
:27:06. > :27:09.just make out the Scotland captain. Hugely frustrating. It is nice to
:27:10. > :27:16.see the crowds coming in. You can also see the support up here. It
:27:17. > :27:21.will be a same if -- a shame if they missed out. From programme sellers
:27:22. > :27:25.to caterers, there has been a huge effort to get the ground ready for
:27:26. > :27:28.the match. There have been temporary structures around the ground. They
:27:29. > :27:39.were hoping for a crowd of 2000 but what is the biggest cricketing
:27:40. > :27:44.occasion in years. They came to watch Sir Don Bradman play his last
:27:45. > :27:51.innings on British soil. He made a century. The Australian spent some
:27:52. > :27:55.time at Balmoral, he being Australian royalty. For English
:27:56. > :27:59.cricket right now reputations must be rebuilt. The new coach and
:28:00. > :28:04.captain are trying to prove they can beat, welcome anybody. From the
:28:05. > :28:09.winter we have had and there are a lot of new faces in the side, it
:28:10. > :28:14.gives the opportunity to stake their claim for places. We have a big
:28:15. > :28:20.series in India and Sri Lanka. It is a game in its own right... The
:28:21. > :28:28.longer that covers remain the more distant the prospect of play remains
:28:29. > :28:32.-- varies. The TV presenter, Cilla Black, is to be honoured with an
:28:33. > :28:36.award at the TV Baftas in recognition of her outstanding
:28:37. > :28:39.contribution to entertainment. In over 50 years in the industry, she
:28:40. > :28:42.has hosted a series of hugely popular shows including Surprise
:28:43. > :28:47.Surprise and Blind Date, and was the first woman to have her own chat
:28:48. > :28:51.show on BBC One as well as of course enjoying a pop career. She says she
:28:52. > :28:57.is thrilled, and has been very fortunate to have a long and full
:28:58. > :29:04.career in television. Time for a look at the weather.
:29:05. > :29:10.A few surprises with the weather this weekend in fact. Last weekend
:29:11. > :29:14.we were gearing up for the bank holiday weekend at high pressure was
:29:15. > :29:19.in control. In Aberdeen we saw 18 Celsius in all the sunshine at the
:29:20. > :29:22.weekend. This weekend, low pressure is taking control and a different
:29:23. > :29:26.feel to things. There will be outbreaks of rain at times followed
:29:27. > :29:29.by showers. It will be windy and no showers will be blustery. A few
:29:30. > :29:33.blustery showers as well as we have headed through this morning,
:29:34. > :29:38.particularly in the northern half of the UK. Some of them will be fairly
:29:39. > :29:42.heavy. In the south, more in the way of sunshine and we have seen of
:29:43. > :29:45.showers. A better day than yesterday. Into the afternoon, some
:29:46. > :29:52.of the heaviest of the showers will be in Scotland. Some of the heavy,
:29:53. > :29:57.thundery and slow-moving as well. -- some of them. Also a few showers and
:29:58. > :30:00.sunny spells for Northern Ireland, central and southern Scotland and
:30:01. > :30:04.into northern England. For most of England and Wales, as we head into
:30:05. > :30:09.the afternoon, it will turn drier and more places will see sunshine
:30:10. > :30:13.rather than showers. Still quite a brief but top temperatures 18
:30:14. > :30:17.degrees. It is quiet for a while as we head towards the evening. In the
:30:18. > :30:21.south-west, this area of low pressure will bring in heavy and
:30:22. > :30:25.persistent rain with strong winds to all parts by the end of the night.
:30:26. > :30:31.With all the winds, the cloud and the rain, it will be a mild night to
:30:32. > :30:36.come nationwide. Temperatures ten, 11 in the south. Saturday morning
:30:37. > :30:41.will start off on a very cold note. It will be bright by the afternoon
:30:42. > :30:46.with sunshine and blustery showers. The showers will be slow-moving in
:30:47. > :30:54.the north. In the south-west corner of England, we could see gusts up to
:30:55. > :30:58.50, 60 miles an hour. There will be sunshine in the south. Temperatures
:30:59. > :31:03.17, 18 and a bit cooler in Scotland. The area of low pressure will move
:31:04. > :31:09.eastwards. By Sunday it will be out across the North Sea and that will
:31:10. > :31:12.be doing. -- that will feed in northerly winds. The northern half
:31:13. > :31:16.of the country will see more frequent showers at times and it
:31:17. > :31:21.will feel cooler. Still brisk, westerly winds with sunshine and
:31:22. > :31:25.showers on the cards. Into the weekend, the rain on Saturday
:31:26. > :31:29.morning will clear away, followed by blustery showers, some of them
:31:30. > :31:35.heavy, particularly in the South. Now a reminder of our top story this
:31:36. > :31:38.lunchtime. A jury has heard that Rolf Harris is a Jekyll and Hyde
:31:39. > :31:40.character who groomed and molested a friend of his own jewelled --
:31:41. > :31:42.daughter. That's all from us.