:00:07. > :00:22.Presidents Poroshenko and Putin attend a summit in Belarus.
:00:23. > :00:28.As Ukraine puts captured Russian paratroopers in front of TV cameras.
:00:29. > :00:29.We'll be reporting from eastern Ukraine.
:00:30. > :00:32.In the morning we have been hearing intermittent artillery fire
:00:33. > :00:36.We have been told this is as far as we can go safely
:00:37. > :00:38.because apparently there is fighting going on about 10-15
:00:39. > :00:41.We'll be assessing the importance of today's meeting with
:00:42. > :00:51.Heated debate between the Yes and No campaigns in the last TV debate
:00:52. > :01:00.The World Health Organisation warns that the Ebola outbreak has left
:01:01. > :01:03.an unprecedented number of medical staff infected or dead.
:01:04. > :01:05.Calls for a ban on using electronic cigarettes
:01:06. > :01:18.Wanted, a new home for the world's rarest bird.
:01:19. > :01:21.Police search for the driver of a car following a fatal hit
:01:22. > :01:25.As major work starts at London Bridge station,
:01:26. > :01:48.Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.
:01:49. > :01:51.The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, is meeting his Ukrainian
:01:52. > :01:55.counterpart, Petro Poroshenko, this lunchtime, but as they prepare
:01:56. > :01:59.to talk the fighting in Ukraine has intensified, with Ukrainian
:02:00. > :02:07.television showing pictures of soldiers it claims are Russian
:02:08. > :02:08.paratroopers captured in Ukrainian territory.
:02:09. > :02:10.Kiev is also claiming a Russian helicopter has attacked
:02:11. > :02:14.We'll be reporting from eastern Ukraine in a moment,
:02:15. > :02:17.but first more on this morning's events from our world affairs
:02:18. > :02:31.A raging fire across a suburb in the Ukraine's troubled east. The result
:02:32. > :02:37.of shelling as Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists
:02:38. > :02:41.continue their deadly struggle. These allegedly some of the ten
:02:42. > :02:47.Russian paratroopers Kear says its forces have just captured in the
:02:48. > :02:54.east of the country. The latest word from Moscow, the troops crossed the
:02:55. > :03:01.border by mistake. Kiev has rejected Moscow's explanation so far.
:03:02. > :03:05.TRANSLATION: We think it was not a mistake. It was a special mission
:03:06. > :03:12.they were carrying out. That is why the Russian military leadership must
:03:13. > :03:14.think about what they are doing. At the weekend the separatists had
:03:15. > :03:24.paraded captured Ukrainian government troops to the streets --
:03:25. > :03:27.through the streets. The Ukrainian president arrives in the Belarus
:03:28. > :03:41.capital in the latest effort to defuse the crisis to meet up with
:03:42. > :03:51.Vladimir Putin. The Ukrainian players -- president had announced
:03:52. > :03:55.the termination of the parliament. TRANSLATION: The elections for the
:03:56. > :03:59.new parliament will take place on the 26th of October. This was
:04:00. > :04:04.according to chapter 90 of the Ukrainian constitution. The
:04:05. > :04:10.President's rationale to read the parliament of its pro-Russian
:04:11. > :04:14.predecessor's influence. Ukrainian government forces have been pushing
:04:15. > :04:18.the separatists back, adding to the pressure on them and the Kremlin and
:04:19. > :04:25.perhaps entrenching diplomatic positions that still seem far apart.
:04:26. > :04:28.Many living in eastern Ukraine are hoping today's meeting may lead to
:04:29. > :04:31.some easing of tensions as the humanitarian crisis gets worse.
:04:32. > :04:34.Our correspondent Steve Rosenberg is in Luhansk, where there is little
:04:35. > :04:39.Well, throughout the morning, we've been hearing intermittent
:04:40. > :04:46.We've been told that this is as far as we can go safely,
:04:47. > :04:48.because apparently there's fighting going on about 10 or 15 kilometres
:04:49. > :04:53.We've been talking to some of the Ukrainian soldiers here on
:04:54. > :04:56.the ground, and from what they've been telling us, you get the
:04:57. > :04:59.impression that they have little optimism about the negotiations
:05:00. > :05:05.That was certainly the view of the local commander here, Igor Lapin.
:05:06. > :05:11.We need Russia to stop sponsoring the bandits.
:05:12. > :05:14.As soon as they see that they've lost
:05:15. > :05:18.their supporter, and that no-one is supplying them with weapons,
:05:19. > :05:23.and they've run out of ammunition, there'll be peace immediately.
:05:24. > :05:26.Well, this is one of the towns that Ukrainian forces have retaken
:05:27. > :05:35.And you can tell that because they've painted the
:05:36. > :05:39.Ukrainian flag on all the lamp posts, all the way down the road.
:05:40. > :05:41.Since we've been in this town, we've seen quite a lot
:05:42. > :05:44.of displaced people, and they have very dramatic stories to tell.
:05:45. > :05:46.For example, Yana Litvishenko, from Luhansk.
:05:47. > :05:49.A few days ago, her husband was killed when an artillery shell
:05:50. > :05:53.landed in their backyard, just as he was feeding their dog.
:05:54. > :06:00.We didn't hear the shell being fired.
:06:01. > :06:06.Only when it crashed through our house.
:06:07. > :06:15.I don't know which side I should be on.
:06:16. > :06:17.What strikes me most about little towns like this one,
:06:18. > :06:21.close to the fighting, is that life seems to go on as normal.
:06:22. > :06:25.There are people out on streets, going to work, doing their shopping.
:06:26. > :06:29.But when you speak to people, they are deeply pessimistic about the
:06:30. > :06:37.chances for peace, and they fear that the conflict will continue.
:06:38. > :06:43.Our Diplomatic Correspondent Bridget Kendall is here.
:06:44. > :06:51.Looking at what is happening in Belarus, the two Presidents are they
:06:52. > :06:56.are, not for peace talks, but it is hoped some sort of peace may come?
:06:57. > :07:01.It is hard to be optimistic at the moment given what is going on on the
:07:02. > :07:06.ground. It is not even clear these two Presidents are going to meet
:07:07. > :07:12.one-on-one and if it they do it will be anything more than mutual
:07:13. > :07:17.accusations. They got together with senior officials to talk about trade
:07:18. > :07:22.issues, energy issues, things that have been affected by the conflict,
:07:23. > :07:26.and sanctions. That may be one reason why the Ukrainian president
:07:27. > :07:29.is particularly keen to turn up because there is a gas conflict
:07:30. > :07:34.going on with Russia which once Ukraine to pay higher prices and the
:07:35. > :07:39.Ukrainian president would like to sort that before the winter. He is
:07:40. > :07:47.pushing for military victory so it is hard to see any concessions
:07:48. > :07:52.coming. Money may talk. I do not know. I suppose the key thing is,
:07:53. > :07:58.what does President Putin want? It depends if you take Russia's
:07:59. > :08:03.position at face value. Maybe he wants a peace deal. Maybe he has
:08:04. > :08:08.decided it has gone far enough and Russia does not want an all-out war,
:08:09. > :08:14.to invade, because that could be bloody and unpopular in Russia and
:08:15. > :08:20.he is worried about Western sanctions. The opposite is also
:08:21. > :08:25.possible, that he has come as a show, to show himself as a
:08:26. > :08:29.peacemaker, to win favour in Russia and the rest of the world, but at
:08:30. > :08:32.the same time fuelling the conflict in the Ukraine because he wants to
:08:33. > :08:39.keep that I'm stable, he wants to keep his bargaining chip especially
:08:40. > :08:45.with the elections in the autumn -- unstable.
:08:46. > :08:47.The World Health Organisation says an unprecedented number of medical
:08:48. > :08:51.To date, more than 240 health care workers have developed
:08:52. > :08:54.the disease in West Africa, and more than 120 have died.
:08:55. > :08:57.It comes as a British nurse, who contracted Ebola in
:08:58. > :08:59.Sierra Leone, is continuing to receive round-the clock care
:09:00. > :09:24.The moment Ebola arrived in Britain, William Pooley being transferred to
:09:25. > :09:29.a hospital after taking ill in C or a -- see a rally on. A few days ago
:09:30. > :09:34.he had spoken of his joy to see people recover. It is great to see
:09:35. > :09:42.people walk away after some had been in a terrible state. He is now a
:09:43. > :09:47.patient himself. Receiving emergency treatment at the Royal free
:09:48. > :09:51.Hospital. A sealed tenders being used to protect the doctors and
:09:52. > :09:58.nurses looking after him -- tent is being used. He and fellow health
:09:59. > :10:06.workers had been working long hours in poor condition so it is not
:10:07. > :10:11.surprising they are at risk, but the number of falling prey to the
:10:12. > :10:16.disease is causing alarm. 240 care workers have contracted Ebola in
:10:17. > :10:20.West Africa and more than half of them have died. Shortages of staff
:10:21. > :10:25.and adequate protective equipment are partly to blame. Organisations
:10:26. > :10:32.who are sending these doctors and nurses must make sure they are well
:10:33. > :10:37.trained and well aware of the risks and how it is transmitted so they
:10:38. > :10:50.can minimise the risks. A day has taken the decision to take its staff
:10:51. > :10:53.out of Sierra Leone altogether. It was more effective to redeploy them
:10:54. > :10:59.elsewhere where we can guarantee their safety. William Pooley is back
:11:00. > :11:03.and receiving the best possible care, but it could be weeks if it is
:11:04. > :11:10.known whether his treatment is to prove successful.
:11:11. > :11:15.We are joined by our global health correspondent. You have been out
:11:16. > :11:18.there. Everybody knows what the precautions should be, but perhaps
:11:19. > :11:22.the message is not spreading properly. There are a number of
:11:23. > :11:30.reasons. Not enough protective equipment, medics treating Ebola
:11:31. > :11:34.patients not wearing the proper gear or not having been trained properly.
:11:35. > :11:40.Not enough doctors and nurses are the ones that are turning up are
:11:41. > :11:46.working very long hours in very difficult conditions. They are more
:11:47. > :11:51.prone to making mistakes because they are very tired, so they might
:11:52. > :11:59.take a glove off early and that could prove fatal. These are very
:12:00. > :12:05.poor countries so we have a lovely isolation high-tech chamber where
:12:06. > :12:10.William Pooley is being treated by five medics at a time. In West
:12:11. > :12:22.Africa we are seeing a silly set-up treatment centres -- hastily set up.
:12:23. > :12:31.We have all seen the suits that these people have on, these people
:12:32. > :12:34.spending hours at a time. We are hearing that because there was this
:12:35. > :12:38.year from health workers many international medics are saying they
:12:39. > :12:44.do not want to come out -- fear. The first votes in the Scottish
:12:45. > :12:46.independence referendum are closer to being cast,
:12:47. > :12:48.with local councils beginning to Voters in the country are still
:12:49. > :12:53.weighing up the arguments made during last night's last televised
:12:54. > :12:55.debate between the First Minister Alex Salmond and
:12:56. > :12:58.the leader of the Better Together Our Scotland Correspondent Lorna
:12:59. > :13:17.Gordon has more. Three weeks to go and Scotland walk
:13:18. > :13:22.up to a new phase in the campaign. This last head-to-head debate has
:13:23. > :13:29.generated headlines, with Alex Salmond the vector according to the
:13:30. > :13:33.Scottish papers. -- winner. Both sides were back on the campaign
:13:34. > :13:38.trail this morning. Alistair Darling facing questions about how well he
:13:39. > :13:43.presented his case for the union. The headlines have gone in favour of
:13:44. > :13:46.Alex Salmond. What do you think of your performance? I think the
:13:47. > :13:51.questions we are asking about currency, about who will pay for
:13:52. > :13:56.public services like pensions and the health service, are cutting
:13:57. > :14:03.through and a lot of people are going with the majority and saying
:14:04. > :14:08.no thanks to these risks. The debate was fiery and revisited familiar
:14:09. > :14:22.themes. What is plan B? Are you going to tell us? They are just like
:14:23. > :14:25.buses. You expect one and three turn up in a row. Alex Salmond accused
:14:26. > :14:36.Alistair Campbell of being a front man for a Conservative campaign. I
:14:37. > :14:42.am a Labour politician. Tory party. The debate was often ill tempered.
:14:43. > :14:49.At times it descended into shouting. I have looked at your figures. A
:14:50. > :14:53.buoyant Alex Salmond reflected that those campaigning for independence
:14:54. > :15:00.will seek to capitalise on a reinvigorated campaign. They get
:15:01. > :15:09.campaign -- the Yes campaign will have an extra spring in its step.
:15:10. > :15:15.Morale is with the Yes campaign. Will the debate have an impact on
:15:16. > :15:20.the voters? I do not think there was a lot of information. I think people
:15:21. > :15:24.have to know what will happen with education and welfare if we do get
:15:25. > :15:36.independence, which I hope we do. Alistair Darling was wet. Alex
:15:37. > :15:40.Salmond seemed to be stronger. There is not much time for voters to
:15:41. > :15:47.decide. Postal votes are coming through doors.
:15:48. > :15:52.Our Scotland Political Editor Brian Taylor is in Glasgow.
:15:53. > :16:04.It was a very shouting affair, any more unanswered? -- any more and
:16:05. > :16:09.answered questions? For the postal voters won six of the population of
:16:10. > :16:13.Scotland will be voting in the next few days. In terms of the currency
:16:14. > :16:17.which has been the big one knocked about between the two sides Alex
:16:18. > :16:21.Salmond retaliated first on that question and then managed rather
:16:22. > :16:25.successfully to pursue Mr Darling over what precisely would be
:16:26. > :16:32.devolved and what powers would come to Scotland and what powers they
:16:33. > :16:35.would do precisely in terms of the economy. Mr Darling said Mr
:16:36. > :16:43.Salmond's bluff had been called on the economy. The people of Scotland
:16:44. > :16:47.will take a view on this debate and a wider view of the discussions
:16:48. > :16:51.happening in family living rooms, in the pubs and on the streets and in
:16:52. > :16:55.the town and village halls. They will pull it all together and
:16:56. > :16:58.pronounce their verdict on September 18. Thank you very much, Brian
:16:59. > :17:00.Taylor. And you can keep up to date with
:17:01. > :17:03.the latest news and analysis ahead of Scotland's vote on independence
:17:04. > :17:06.on the BBC News Channel. Referendum Today,
:17:07. > :17:15.live every evening at 7:30pm. It is just after 1:15pm. Our top
:17:16. > :17:20.story this lunch time: Our top story this lunchtime:
:17:21. > :17:23.Presidents Poroshenko and Putin attend a summit in Belarus - as
:17:24. > :17:30.Ukraine puts captured Russian Coming up live here at Old Trafford,
:17:31. > :17:35.Manchester United are poised to break the British transfer fee
:17:36. > :17:41.record by spending ?60 million on one player. Later on BBC London: one
:17:42. > :17:44.person is taken to hospital after 13 suspected illegal immigrant 's are
:17:45. > :17:48.found in the back of a lorry at the Dartford Crossing. And after the
:17:49. > :17:49.bank holiday wash-out, we will have the weather forecast for the rest of
:17:50. > :17:55.the week. Since their introduction
:17:56. > :17:57.in the 80s - the use of stop and search powers
:17:58. > :18:00.have often provoked controversy. Earlier this year,
:18:01. > :18:02.the Home Secretary Theresa May said the technique was being misused
:18:03. > :18:05.so frequently that it was damaging relations between the public
:18:06. > :18:07.and police. But - used properly - officers
:18:08. > :18:11.say they're an essential tool. Now all 43 police forces in England
:18:12. > :18:14.and Wales have signed up to Here's our home affairs
:18:15. > :18:30.correspondent Naomi Grimley. Stop the two seconds, stand there.
:18:31. > :18:34.Ministers and police chiefs are agreed, stop and search has a
:18:35. > :18:38.troubled history and is viewed by some communities as being so
:18:39. > :18:41.discriminatory it has become counter-productive. So, from today
:18:42. > :18:45.there will be another code of conduct for forces in England and
:18:46. > :18:49.Wales. Police will start recording the number of searches they make and
:18:50. > :18:54.what the outcome is, like whether or not it results in an arrest. For the
:18:55. > :18:58.toughest stop and search powers they will also need to have a higher
:18:59. > :19:04.level of authorisation from a senior officer. Some people in some
:19:05. > :19:06.communities find stop and search is something that puts a barrier
:19:07. > :19:11.between them and the police. We need to prove over the next months and
:19:12. > :19:14.years that we are using stop and search in a different way. So what
:19:15. > :19:22.are the statistics on stop and search? In 2012-2013 there were just
:19:23. > :19:26.over 1 million stop and searches in England and Wales. 70% of all stops
:19:27. > :19:32.were white, 12 were black British, and nine were Asian. Last year and
:19:33. > :19:35.equality and human rights commission report said black people were six
:19:36. > :19:41.times as likely to be stopped overall. That's why campaigners
:19:42. > :19:45.against the police tactic argued the new reforms will not change that
:19:46. > :19:51.imbalance. We need something that we can all buy into. I don't believe
:19:52. > :19:54.this goes far enough. I believe it's a step in the right direction but I
:19:55. > :20:00.still believe it still requires more radical thinking to bring about real
:20:01. > :20:03.solutions. Even if it means more police paperwork ministers hope that
:20:04. > :20:08.better data on stop and search will help restore the public's faith in
:20:09. > :20:13.what they say is a vital tool of policing. But for some it will store
:20:14. > :20:14.be seen as a form of racial profiling, which arouses distrust
:20:15. > :20:17.and suspicion. They're less harmful than cigarettes
:20:18. > :20:22.- but there's a call for electronic - or e-cigarettes - to be banned
:20:23. > :20:25.from all public indoor spaces. The World Health Organisation says
:20:26. > :20:28.the devices are a risk to those standing near users, despite
:20:29. > :20:31.releasing vapour instead of smoke - and it says there's only limited
:20:32. > :20:33.evidence about their effectiveness Let's get more from our health
:20:34. > :20:45.correspondent Jane Dreaper. What exactly are the WHO calling
:20:46. > :20:49.for? This has been a long-awaited report, mainly because there has
:20:50. > :20:52.been a huge battle ground over how closely e-cigarettes should be
:20:53. > :20:57.regulated. In this report they highlighted how it has become a
:20:58. > :21:00.booming global market with more than 400 brands. But the report expresses
:21:01. > :21:04.concern that the tobacco industry has some involvement in that market
:21:05. > :21:08.and it says e-cigarettes produce more than just a water vapour, and
:21:09. > :21:12.they do increase the exposure to nicotine and other harmful
:21:13. > :21:17.substances to people who are nearby, people using them. So, what
:21:18. > :21:21.they say is they should be a ban on e-cigarettes in public spaces in
:21:22. > :21:25.doors. They should not be sold to underage people. And also that there
:21:26. > :21:30.should be a ban on flavus which are like fruit or candy for fears they
:21:31. > :21:33.could tempt people into smoking who otherwise might not. Those are the
:21:34. > :21:37.recommendations, what is the reaction from the Department of
:21:38. > :21:40.Health? They are looking at this closely and it will be influential.
:21:41. > :21:45.The Department of Health already says it is working to ban
:21:46. > :21:49.e-cigarettes being on sale to under 18-year-olds. Scotland agrees that
:21:50. > :21:52.makes sense. Wales in the meantime says it already wants to ban or
:21:53. > :21:54.restrict their use in public spaces. Elsewhere, that is being kept under
:21:55. > :21:57.review. Thank you for joining us. Commuters on the busy London to
:21:58. > :22:00.Scotland East Coast line have endured a difficult return to
:22:01. > :22:03.work after the bank holiday. Passengers suffered rush-hour delays
:22:04. > :22:08.and cancellations following overhead power problems last night
:22:09. > :22:22.between Peterborough and London. We are on the East Coast Main line.
:22:23. > :22:26.It is one of the UK's key routes. I know it looks quite calm now but
:22:27. > :22:32.there are a few residual delays. This problem was reported last night
:22:33. > :22:34.at 6pm. So, last night in the dark and the wet thousands of rail
:22:35. > :22:42.passengers found themselves stranded. It was a miserable end to
:22:43. > :22:46.the bank holiday. The culprit, damaged overhead power cables. It
:22:47. > :22:49.meant disruption and chaos for those travelling on the East Coast
:22:50. > :22:55.mainline. A train arrived heading for Kings close, a diesel electric
:22:56. > :22:59.train, and people were not able to get on Ulster police arrived and
:23:00. > :23:04.started pulling people off the train -- King's Cross. We were left to
:23:05. > :23:11.wait for coaches that did not turn up. We managed to find a cab to make
:23:12. > :23:14.our way to a family member's house that was reasonably close by. It
:23:15. > :23:18.will be a 24-hour journey from end to end. For the great Northern Hotel
:23:19. > :23:22.the upheaval meant extra business. Within hours they had run out of
:23:23. > :23:26.rooms. We are opposite the train station so things do happen on the
:23:27. > :23:29.line and if there is a tragedy or anything like that it affects us
:23:30. > :23:33.business-wise. Just kind of all hands on deck really and things
:23:34. > :23:37.happen and everybody gets involved and it was fine last night. We put
:23:38. > :23:41.people up which is what we are here for. Further east there was more
:23:42. > :23:45.painful real communities. Overrunning engineering works on the
:23:46. > :23:49.Norwich -London line meant many had to catch a replacement bus to work
:23:50. > :23:52.this morning. I come the East Coast network rail and the train operators
:23:53. > :23:58.have apologised for the inconvenience. But this may be
:23:59. > :24:04.little comfort for commuters facing further ticket hikes in the New
:24:05. > :24:07.Year. There are still some delays and some operators are suggesting
:24:08. > :24:11.passengers deferred their journeys until tomorrow. If you had a ticket
:24:12. > :24:17.valid yesterday or today it can be used on tomorrow's services. Some
:24:18. > :24:21.passengers have some good news, some of them may be valid for
:24:22. > :24:24.compensation. It is worth going online to check with your train
:24:25. > :24:25.operator to see if you can get some money back.
:24:26. > :24:28.Thank you for joining us. Manchester United is poised once
:24:29. > :24:31.again to break the record books - Winger Angel di Maria has undergone
:24:32. > :24:35.a medical at Old Trafford this morning -
:24:36. > :24:38.ahead of his move from Real Madrid. It's 35 years since Trevor Francis
:24:39. > :24:41.became the first English million-pound footballer with his
:24:42. > :24:44.move from Birmingham City to The Premiership record
:24:45. > :24:47.of ?50 million was - until today - set in 2011 for Fernando Torres -
:24:48. > :24:50.paid to Liverpool by Chelsea. But the world record is at ?85
:24:51. > :24:54.million - for Gareth Bale's transfer Now it's sold Angel di Maria to
:24:55. > :25:03.Manchester United for a British Our chief sports correspondent Dan
:25:04. > :25:17.Roan is at Old Trafford. Probably a bit old-fashioned but
:25:18. > :25:22.this sounds like an awful lot of money.
:25:23. > :25:27.It really is. A huge amount of money to spend on one player. As you say
:25:28. > :25:30.it smashes the British football transfer fee record previously set
:25:31. > :25:34.by Fernando Torres when he moved from Liverpool to Chelsea in 2011.
:25:35. > :25:38.Many will say it is obscene for one player but such is the commercial
:25:39. > :25:43.might of the Premier League, driven of course by ever more lucrative TV
:25:44. > :25:47.rights deals, don't be surprised if it does not last that long, this
:25:48. > :25:50.record, for di Maria. We expect confirmation he is a Manchester
:25:51. > :25:55.United player later today following his medical earlier this morning. Is
:25:56. > :26:00.he worth it? It remains to be seen. United fans will hope so. This club
:26:01. > :26:04.is desperate to return to the former glory of the Sir Alex Ferguson era,
:26:05. > :26:08.David Moyes failed last season when United had a dismal year failing to
:26:09. > :26:11.qualify for European football, finishing seventh in the Premier
:26:12. > :26:15.League. Now they are under Louis van Gaal, a Dutchman, and he has found
:26:16. > :26:19.the start of this season equally hard, just one point from two
:26:20. > :26:23.matches. That is why United are on this unprecedented transfer spend.
:26:24. > :26:29.Not just di Maria, but along with others, ?132 million spent already
:26:30. > :26:30.this summer. It remains to be seen whether it proves worthwhile. Thank
:26:31. > :26:34.you for joining us. British conservationists say
:26:35. > :26:38.the world's rarest bird - the Madagascar pochard - needs
:26:39. > :26:41.a new home if it is to survive. The destruction of its habitat means
:26:42. > :26:44.that just 25 of the birds exist in the wild - all of them
:26:45. > :26:47.at one remote lake in north-east A new study has revealed that the
:26:48. > :26:52.lake doesn't have enough food for the young ducklings - as our science
:26:53. > :26:56.reporter Victoria Gill reports. This little brown duck is hanging
:26:57. > :27:00.on at the very brink of extinction. In the 1990s, the species was
:27:01. > :27:03.thought to have died out, but in 2006 scientists found a tiny
:27:04. > :27:08.population at this remote lake. But monitoring the wild birds has
:27:09. > :27:11.revealed that most of the new ducklings simply starved and
:27:12. > :27:15.died before they reached adulthood. The lake, it seems,
:27:16. > :27:20.is not as perfect as it looks. Analysis of mud from the lakebed
:27:21. > :27:33.has shown that there's not enough And as Doctor Andrew Bamford who led
:27:34. > :27:38.the study explained the water is already too deep for the ducklings
:27:39. > :27:42.to reach the bottom and feed. As you can see the King through the mud we
:27:43. > :27:46.are not finding much in it, so you can imagine how hard it is for the
:27:47. > :27:51.Madagascar pochard is that just had to dive through two metres of water
:27:52. > :27:55.to reach this. It is what researchers call a conservation
:27:56. > :27:58.conundrum. They to thrive at wetlands across this diverse country
:27:59. > :28:01.but so many were destroyed by human activity that the ducks were driven
:28:02. > :28:04.to one promote site that simply does not provide the habitat they need.
:28:05. > :28:06.But there's still hope for this troubled duck.
:28:07. > :28:12.Two years ago, the first Madagascar pochards hatched in captivity.
:28:13. > :28:17.The challenge now, the conservationists say, is to find and
:28:18. > :28:21.restore a more duck friendly site for the birds in this captive
:28:22. > :28:24.breeding programme. Any species on the brink of extension is worth
:28:25. > :28:28.saving but the project is now more than about saving one bird. Four of
:28:29. > :28:33.those wetlands to be restored to benefit both people and wildlife,
:28:34. > :28:36.all of the special wildlife in Madagascar, and for the people there
:28:37. > :28:40.to be responsible to care for that wildlife we want them to manage
:28:41. > :28:45.their wetlands sustainably so the Madagascar pochard is a flagship for
:28:46. > :28:48.web and conservation in Madagascar and the long-term. The team has into
:28:49. > :28:54.fights and possible locations for the duck's new home so the plan is
:28:55. > :29:01.to bring the ducks back to the wild. It is time for a look at the weather
:29:02. > :29:05.with Nina Ridge. We still have some torrential rain but there is also
:29:06. > :29:10.some sunshine. This picture was taken on Sunday on the Yorkshire
:29:11. > :29:13.coast line. We have some sunshine as well at the moment across northern
:29:14. > :29:19.parts and there are some brighter skies around. To the south we have
:29:20. > :29:22.seen torrential rain slowly starting to clear away. But we could still
:29:23. > :29:26.see some further downpours throughout the rest of the
:29:27. > :29:29.afternoon. But away from that many places are dry and fine. We have
:29:30. > :29:33.some sunshine through Cumbria, Northern Ireland and in the
:29:34. > :29:37.north-west Scotland, where temperatures are climbing nicely.
:29:38. > :29:41.They could reach 20 degrees. It is a touch, along the east coast with
:29:42. > :29:44.cloud being dragged in from the North Sea. Again, for parts of
:29:45. > :29:49.north-west England brighter skies and looking at the high teens. Much
:29:50. > :29:52.warmer day for Northern Ireland can yesterday. With some brighter skies
:29:53. > :29:57.in south-west England it will feel warm but we could still one or two
:29:58. > :30:01.isolated downpours in the afternoon and some showers across the south
:30:02. > :30:04.coast and there could be some torrential ones in places. The
:30:05. > :30:08.general trend is for them to clear into the channel. Through this
:30:09. > :30:11.evening and overnight most places will be dry. Little bit of patchy
:30:12. > :30:15.cloud but with some clear spells again through parts of Scotland and
:30:16. > :30:18.a risk of a touch of frost. Most of the major towns and cities will
:30:19. > :30:24.start Wednesday morning with temperatures around 10-12 degrees.
:30:25. > :30:27.As far as Wednesday's forecast is concerned much of the country should
:30:28. > :30:31.be fine and dry. In the south-west there may be one or two showers
:30:32. > :30:35.lingering. A little bit of cloud around but some bright spells as
:30:36. > :30:39.well. Overall, tomorrow's forecast does not look too bad. You can see
:30:40. > :30:42.showers across south-west England for a time and as we go through the
:30:43. > :30:47.day they will creep further inland through the Bristol Channel and
:30:48. > :30:50.possibly one or two for South Wales in the afternoon. The best of the
:30:51. > :30:54.sunshine will hold on to the north and the East. A much warmer day for
:30:55. > :30:57.parts of the Midlands and South East England where we are looking at
:30:58. > :31:00.temperatures in the low 20s tomorrow but for many against some brighter
:31:01. > :31:04.skies reaching the high teens. Though showers become more extensive
:31:05. > :31:08.as we go through Wednesday night and into Thursday, as the weather fronts
:31:09. > :31:12.start to push northwards. They are tied in with this area of low
:31:13. > :31:15.pressure sitting in the Atlantic. Some strong winds on Thursday at
:31:16. > :31:19.times across parts of Scotland, south-west England as well. The main
:31:20. > :31:22.rain band sits to the north and behind that we will see a mixture of
:31:23. > :31:25.bright spells and scattered showers. The temperatures are not
:31:26. > :31:31.too far away from average for the time of year. Thank you very much.
:31:32. > :31:33.Now a reminder of our top story this lunchtime:
:31:34. > :31:37.Presidents Poroshenko and Putin meet Belarus - as Ukraine puts captured