:00:07. > :00:20.Britain is to commit 1000 troops to a new NATO rapid reaction force able
:00:21. > :00:25.to deploy anywhere within 48 hours. As fighting continues in Ukraine,
:00:26. > :00:30.there is condemnation of Russia's involvement. Russia is ripping up
:00:31. > :00:35.the rule book with its annexation of Crimea and its troops on sovereign
:00:36. > :00:41.soil in Ukraine. We will look at why Ukraine is causing concern and what
:00:42. > :00:45.the military commitment means. Also, more police on patrol in Calais as
:00:46. > :00:52.migrants make their way across the English Channel. The high streets
:00:53. > :00:56.are open for business, new figures show shop vacancies at their lowest
:00:57. > :01:01.level for four years. The Lord Mayor of London is the new head of the
:01:02. > :01:04.independent enquiry into historic child sex abuse. Walking with the
:01:05. > :01:13.world's biggest dinosaur. Later on BBC London:
:01:14. > :01:15.Police shoot dead a man who was threatening a woman with a knife at
:01:16. > :01:18.a house in Islington. And tributes are paid to the
:01:19. > :01:36.grandmother who was beheaded in Edmonton yesterday.
:01:37. > :01:53.Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.
:01:54. > :01:56.David Cameron has said Britain is ready to contribute 3,500 service
:01:57. > :01:59.personnel to a new rapid reaction force which could be deployed to any
:02:00. > :02:02.trouble spot, such as Ukraine or the Middle East, within 48 hours.
:02:03. > :02:05.Speaking at the final day of the NATO summit in Wales,
:02:06. > :02:07.Mr Cameron also expressed serious doubts about plans for a ceasefire
:02:08. > :02:09.between Kiev and Moscow. Fighting between pro-Russian rebels
:02:10. > :02:12.and Government forces is continuing in the east of the country and NATO
:02:13. > :02:14.leaders are determined to impose further sanctions against Russia.
:02:15. > :02:20.Our diplomatic correspondent Bridget Kendall sent this report.
:02:21. > :02:30.The Red Arrows, with aircraft from eight other NATO nations. An
:02:31. > :02:34.impressive fly past where might the airpower be used in earnest and not
:02:35. > :02:39.just for show? As leaders watched the skies, foreign and defence
:02:40. > :02:45.ministers conferred over plans to counter the Islamic threat in Iraq
:02:46. > :02:51.and Syria. The Americans want a coalition ready before world leaders
:02:52. > :02:54.meet at the UN in two weeks' time. At the round table session this
:02:55. > :02:59.morning, it was the rapid reaction force that was showcased, to respond
:03:00. > :03:07.quickly to world emergencies and counter Russian expansionism on
:03:08. > :03:15.NATO's borders. In 2002, NATO stood down there force. I hope we can
:03:16. > :03:19.agree a new force, deployable anywhere in the world within five
:03:20. > :03:24.days. There are other plans to counter Russian aggression. New EU
:03:25. > :03:29.and US sanctions. Britain thinks they should be slapped on Russia
:03:30. > :03:34.despite peace talks in Belarus today which had raised hopes of a
:03:35. > :03:37.cease-fire in Ukraine. Based on experience, what would be sensible
:03:38. > :03:44.is to go ahead with the plan for increased sanctions. If there is a
:03:45. > :03:52.cease-fire and if it is signed, and if it is then implemented, we can
:03:53. > :03:58.then look at lifting sanctions. And this is why Great Britain is
:03:59. > :04:02.suspicious that peace moves may not work. Fierce fighting on the ground
:04:03. > :04:09.in eastern Ukraine. This was in the South East of the country. Shelling
:04:10. > :04:15.by missiles. Ukrainian government troops have been fearing an assault
:04:16. > :04:21.by pro-Russian rebels. Today, the peace talks in Belarus are being
:04:22. > :04:24.watched closely. Envoys from Russia, Ukraine and rebel representatives
:04:25. > :04:30.are working on a cease-fire mechanism. If agreed, it could lead
:04:31. > :04:33.to a truce. But here at the NATO summit, they are not holding their
:04:34. > :04:36.breaths. They point out that this is not the first time that President
:04:37. > :04:43.Putin has come up with a cease-fire plan as Western leaders ramp up
:04:44. > :04:57.their sanctions. All the more reason to keep up the pressure.
:04:58. > :05:01.Well, as we've heard the volatile situation in Ukraine is causing
:05:02. > :05:04.great concern among world leaders. So, how did we get here
:05:05. > :05:06.and just what are the dangers? Well, with me is
:05:07. > :05:07.our correspondent Christian Fraser. Christian.
:05:08. > :05:10.Let's go back to the turn of the year and the start
:05:11. > :05:12.of the Ukraine conflict. You'll remember President Yanukovych
:05:13. > :05:15.abandoned an agreement to forge closer ties with the EU, bringing
:05:16. > :05:15.thousands onto the streets. It culminated
:05:16. > :05:20.thousands onto the streets. in one of the bloodiest days
:05:21. > :05:20.thousands onto the streets. shot dead in Kiev by the snipers
:05:21. > :05:26.loyal to the outgoing President. Within a month
:05:27. > :05:28.of the new interim government taking power Russian forces were massing
:05:29. > :05:32.on Ukraine's eastern border. power Russian forces were massing
:05:33. > :05:35.Followed by the quick annexation of Crimea, so strategically important
:05:36. > :05:38.to the Russian Black Sea Fleet. I want to show you this map, issued
:05:39. > :05:47.yesterday by the National Security and Defence Council in Ukraine,
:05:48. > :05:50.which shows you the situation now. These are the majority Russian
:05:51. > :05:51.speaking districts of Luhansk, Donetsk,
:05:52. > :05:54.where the fighting continues. And there's an increasingly tense
:05:55. > :05:56.situation down here in Mariopol. The NATO satellite imagery
:05:57. > :05:59.demonstrates how momentum is shifting,
:06:00. > :06:02.in fact quite decisively this past week in favour of the rebels who are
:06:03. > :06:12.backed, according to everyone but Moscow, by the thousands of
:06:13. > :06:15.Russian troops now inside Ukraine. Let me put up some amateur footage
:06:16. > :06:17.from Lugansk this week, which would appear to show one
:06:18. > :06:21.Russian column on the move. So what is Russia up to?
:06:22. > :06:27.Well, let's shift our perspective for a moment -
:06:28. > :06:31.have a look at what Moscow sees. NATO has grown, particularly since
:06:32. > :06:36.2004, right onto Russia's doorstep. Ukraine is now the buffer.
:06:37. > :06:38.One of President Putin's main objectives is to stop his biggest
:06:39. > :06:48.neighbour drifting to the alliance. At the moment, Moscow is seeing that
:06:49. > :06:53.NATO is trying to surround it from the US and from the south.
:06:54. > :06:57.Basically, it is by military standards. That is aggression.
:06:58. > :07:01.Ukraine is not a member of NATO so it doesn't have
:07:02. > :07:04.the protection of Article 5, the agreement that an attack
:07:05. > :07:10.on one state is an attack on all. But others satellite states do.
:07:11. > :07:11.Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania - all members of NATO
:07:12. > :07:20.and increasingly nervous. The Baltic countries are very happy
:07:21. > :07:23.to see the high readiness units are operating in the Baltic Sea.
:07:24. > :07:27.So new deployments at sea, there have been fighters jets moved
:07:28. > :07:36.to Lithuania and Romania, these are American paratroopers
:07:37. > :07:39.arriving in Estonia. The dilemma is how to reassure these
:07:40. > :07:41.NATO members, sending that clear signal to Russia,
:07:42. > :07:43.without antagonising President Putin further.
:07:44. > :07:45.The compromise it seems is this new multinational force, capable
:07:46. > :07:47.of deploying within just 48 hours. It's titled the
:07:48. > :07:49.Readiness Action Plan. Ammunition, command and logistics,
:07:50. > :07:53.as you have seen, being pre-positioned in Baltic states.
:07:54. > :07:58.In other words, we have gone back in time.
:07:59. > :08:00.Not necessarily to a new Cold War. But NATO are certainly moving
:08:01. > :08:04.back to its main purpose. Collective Territorial Defence.
:08:05. > :08:21.Let's go back to the NATO summit and speak to Norman Smith. What you make
:08:22. > :08:26.of this rapid reaction force? It is one of a series of significant
:08:27. > :08:32.announcement by NATO leaders, designed to send a message to
:08:33. > :08:35.President Putin to back off the Ukraine and ambitions he may have in
:08:36. > :08:41.eastern Europe. This new force, which will be British led, will be
:08:42. > :08:47.in eastern Europe with its headquarters in Poland. Over the
:08:48. > :08:56.next two years or so, we will see a series of military exercises by NATO
:08:57. > :09:01.along the eastern flank with Russia. The next NATO summit will be in
:09:02. > :09:05.Poland. On top of that, NATO leaders were quite clear that the latest
:09:06. > :09:10.cease-fire proposals by President Hooton, they do not trust them
:09:11. > :09:13.believe them. They are going to go ahead with sanctions come what may.
:09:14. > :09:19.Later today we will see new sanctions announced in Brussels and
:09:20. > :09:23.Washington, designed to incur exports of defence material, as well
:09:24. > :09:28.as financial restrictions on the energy sector. In the past few
:09:29. > :09:35.minutes we heard from the Secretary General of NATO who significantly
:09:36. > :09:40.said that NATO would retain its open door policy to new applicants. It is
:09:41. > :09:50.going to encourage new members to join. Among those seeking to join is
:09:51. > :09:53.Ukraine, a move that will be deeply resisted in Moscow. NATO are trying
:09:54. > :09:58.to put a protective arm around Ukraine. Thank you.
:09:59. > :10:02.Extra police are being deployed in Calais to tackle an increase
:10:03. > :10:04.in people trying to get to Britain illegally.
:10:05. > :10:06.For the first time, Eurotunnel has warned its customers that people are
:10:07. > :10:09.now trying to smuggle themselves in cars, not just lorries.
:10:10. > :10:12.The French authorities say they've never seen such high numbers
:10:13. > :10:13.of migrants. Our correspondent Leah Gooding is
:10:14. > :10:25.in Calais. Good afternoon. This location is
:10:26. > :10:31.where migrants turn up every single day for the only hot meal of the
:10:32. > :10:36.day, many arriving with next to nothing and facing an uncertain
:10:37. > :10:39.future. Very soon we are expecting migrants to gather here for
:10:40. > :10:46.demonstrations. They are unhappy with their lack of support. Many
:10:47. > :10:53.still arrive every day in the hope they will reach Great Britain. The
:10:54. > :11:01.desperation here is clear. Day after day, migrants return with one aim
:11:02. > :11:05.which is to reach Great Britain. And now what is also clear is that the
:11:06. > :11:11.police have also stepped up their presence. Dozens of migrants early
:11:12. > :11:15.this morning were targeting those lorries, scaling the fences here,
:11:16. > :11:19.desperate to get into those lorries and head out to the English Channel
:11:20. > :11:30.and reach Great Britain. Many are desperate, fleeing from countries
:11:31. > :11:33.that are war-torn. Sudan Syria. Security have been stepping up their
:11:34. > :11:38.presence but they say they need more help from British authorities. Both
:11:39. > :11:42.sides are becoming increasingly angry. The migrants said the police
:11:43. > :11:49.are being heavy-handed and say they have nowhere else to go. Each day it
:11:50. > :11:54.is thought more migrants will arrive here, leaving the authorities with a
:11:55. > :12:00.big challenge ahead. They need to stay in control of an ever more
:12:01. > :12:04.volatile situation. The local police are telling us today that they are
:12:05. > :12:09.in control of that situation, as least for now. Eurotunnel are
:12:10. > :12:12.telling British tourists to stay vigilant around their vehicles and
:12:13. > :12:13.making sure they are locked and secure ROM and making sure their
:12:14. > :12:22.safety comes first. The
:12:23. > :12:35.Lord Mayor of London Fiona Woolf has replaced Lady
:12:36. > :12:38.historical child abuse. historical child abuse.
:12:39. > :12:39.child abuse experts and victim of abuse. Well, our Home
:12:40. > :12:41.Affairs correspondent Tom Symonds is with me.
:12:42. > :12:49.She is a very respected public figure and is a tax lawyer, she is
:12:50. > :12:53.not an expert in child abuse. I have spoken to people at the Home Office
:12:54. > :12:59.and asked them whether it was a conscious decision, to find someone
:13:00. > :13:04.who would not be tainted on how child abuse was dealt with in the
:13:05. > :13:08.past. No was the answer but there were experts who saw her as the best
:13:09. > :13:14.person for the job. She is backed up by a panel. The Home Office has
:13:15. > :13:17.announced a panel which includes at least one victim of child abuse and
:13:18. > :13:26.one expert in the field who has served with a children's bureau.
:13:27. > :13:34.Will she be acceptable to all sides, remembering her predecessor was
:13:35. > :13:37.not? No, the last person was not acceptable because of her family
:13:38. > :13:43.links. There are some survivors of child abuse who say she is too
:13:44. > :13:48.establishment. But in general, she has had a better reaction from those
:13:49. > :13:52.survivors, who say it is good to have someone who is not connected
:13:53. > :13:57.with the arguments about the way this was dealt with in the past, and
:13:58. > :14:02.that they like the panel that has been put alongside her. Thank you.
:14:03. > :14:05.After years of gloom, there are signs that Britain's high
:14:06. > :14:07.streets are gradually reviving, with the number
:14:08. > :14:09.of empty shops slowly declining. The Local Data Company,
:14:10. > :14:12.which monitors the health of town centres, says average
:14:13. > :14:14.vacancy rates are now at their lowest level since June 2010.
:14:15. > :14:20.Our business correspondent Emma Simpson reports.
:14:21. > :14:32.The empty shops are slowly being re-let. Sid cup is on the up. An
:14:33. > :14:36.empty supermarket is now a gym. -- Sidcup. A High Street has been
:14:37. > :14:42.spruced up. This affluent town lost its way dealing with big out-of-town
:14:43. > :14:47.shopping areas. It is finding new ways to bring them back. The
:14:48. > :14:50.traditional High Street is probably dead but you have to look at it in a
:14:51. > :14:55.different way. We are bringing gymnasiums onto the High Street,
:14:56. > :15:00.higher education, training centre, and we have little shops to enable
:15:01. > :15:06.the young entrepreneurs to and move on to the future. This entrepreneur
:15:07. > :15:11.has certainly made a difference. She turned an empty store into a
:15:12. > :15:17.thriving cafe. Then she cleaned up by reviving this business. She also
:15:18. > :15:23.bought the empty shop next door. Why invest so much on her High Street?
:15:24. > :15:25.We believe in Sidcup. I know Sidcup has a lot of potential and a lot of
:15:26. > :15:30.residents have money to spend. has a lot of potential and a lot of
:15:31. > :15:36.keep it in Sidcup. Here is has a lot of potential and a lot of
:15:37. > :15:40.refurbished. This town is being turned around. Three years ago,
:15:41. > :15:45.refurbished. This town is being in five shops were lying empty and
:15:46. > :15:48.now it is just one in 20. Sidcup is not the
:15:49. > :15:51.now it is just one in 20. Sidcup is looking up. Today's research
:15:52. > :15:56.suggests the overall picture on the High Street is improving. We have
:15:57. > :16:02.300 Moorfield shops than the previous month but we have
:16:03. > :16:06.significant polarisation up and down the country and not all towns are
:16:07. > :16:09.getting better. The majority are getting better but there are
:16:10. > :16:15.significant numbers continuing to get worse. That means that we still
:16:16. > :16:21.have way too many of these, and with billions of pounds worth of shop
:16:22. > :16:22.leases coming up for your -- renewal, further challenges lie
:16:23. > :16:59.ahead for the High Street. The top story this lunch time...
:17:00. > :17:09.Britain is to commit 1000 troops to new NATO reaction forces able to
:17:10. > :17:19.deploy anywhere within 48 hours. Joe Root rallies England. Will it be
:17:20. > :17:23.enough for victory. On BBC London, we visit the London Academy in the
:17:24. > :17:32.top ten comprehensive is for GCSE results in the country. We will be
:17:33. > :17:40.live at the Tall Ships Let's get more details for my health
:17:41. > :17:44.correspondent. It is a booming market and 2 million people in the
:17:45. > :17:47.UK use e-cigarettes. Opinion is divided and we do not have the
:17:48. > :17:52.answers about the long-term impact on health. Researchers say it is
:17:53. > :17:57.clear that the products are much safer than conventional cigarette.
:17:58. > :18:02.They say more than 6000 early deaths can be prevented every year in the
:18:03. > :18:06.UK for every million smokers who switched to e-cigarettes. A separate
:18:07. > :18:11.team of researchers say the level of vapour for devices would not cause
:18:12. > :18:16.problems for people nearby, and they argue the popularity of e-cigarettes
:18:17. > :18:24.could help smokers quit. E-cigarettes are much less harmful
:18:25. > :18:27.than cigarette smoking. Smoking is so dangerous that the single best
:18:28. > :18:32.thing a smoker can do is stop smoking as soon as possible. If
:18:33. > :18:36.e-cigarettes can help them stop smoking then that'll be beneficial
:18:37. > :18:40.to their health. Other health experts are calling for stronger
:18:41. > :18:44.regulation. They fear there are still too many unanswered questions
:18:45. > :18:51.about the long-term effects of this business. The biggest worry is the
:18:52. > :18:56.whole idea of raft of young people being brought into the nicotine
:18:57. > :18:59.habit. Tobacco companies are buying these organisations like crazy as
:19:00. > :19:03.they see it as a big opportunity. The worry is that it will take the
:19:04. > :19:09.edge of some smokers who feel like they want to give up. The World
:19:10. > :19:13.Health Organisation said in a report last week that there should be new
:19:14. > :19:18.laws to stop e-cigarettes being used in public. That idea will be
:19:19. > :19:28.discussed at a meeting next month, and there will be more arguments in
:19:29. > :19:34.the meantime. The former Radio 1 DJ Dave Lee Travis has pleaded not
:19:35. > :19:41.guilty to charges of sexual assault between 1990 and 2008. The
:19:42. > :19:49.prosecution has described him as an opportunity -- opportunist. What was
:19:50. > :19:53.said in court, Matt? For the past hour, the jury has heard from a
:19:54. > :19:58.woman who gave evidence from behind a screen to protect their
:19:59. > :20:05.anonymity. She said she was a researcher, aged 24, when she went
:20:06. > :20:14.to visit Dave Lee Travis at his home to interview him. She said he placed
:20:15. > :20:18.his hands on her breasts. She said she did not know what to do and she
:20:19. > :20:22.was embarrassed. She said that later on she felt exploited and she felt
:20:23. > :20:30.very depressed about what had happened. She is one of three women
:20:31. > :20:33.that Dave Lee Travis is alleged to have indecently assaulted or
:20:34. > :20:39.sexually assaulted. Two of the charges relate to a previous trial
:20:40. > :20:44.in which a jury was unable to reach a verdict. There is a third charge
:20:45. > :20:48.against a woman who was working as a researcher on a TV programme in the
:20:49. > :20:58.1990s. Dave Lee Travis denies all the charges against him. Thank you.
:20:59. > :21:01.Some good news for people who despair of remembering endless
:21:02. > :21:06.passwords. Today sees the launch of a new way of accessing bank accounts
:21:07. > :21:10.by identifying individuals through the pattern of veins in their
:21:11. > :21:13.fingers. Instead of passwords and numbers, users can log onto their
:21:14. > :21:20.accounts by placing a finger onto a scanner. Our correspondent has more.
:21:21. > :21:26.Once you had to go into a branch to do your banking. Now there is the
:21:27. > :21:31.Internet. Keeping fraudsters out of the account is a problem. It is
:21:32. > :21:37.where this comes in. Banking with your finger. It is not using your
:21:38. > :21:41.fingerprints but the unique veins on the inside of your finger, scanning
:21:42. > :21:48.them with infrared light and giving access to your bank account. This is
:21:49. > :21:53.usually say. Barclay's Bank says only alive finger will work, so no
:21:54. > :22:05.fraudulent copies. This one is for a business. Obviously, you cannot use
:22:06. > :22:15.this mobile tool with mobile banking. This will definitely go for
:22:16. > :22:21.retail. This may be helpful for the people who are fed up with numbers
:22:22. > :22:27.and passwords. You have to get bank details, set it up, and then they
:22:28. > :22:30.call you, and put in a code and all that kind of business, it is a
:22:31. > :22:37.hassle. They asked me for my membership number, a middle name of
:22:38. > :22:44.my mother, it is too much. It is a long process but it is worth it
:22:45. > :22:47.because I trust it. Finger vein scanning has appeared on cash
:22:48. > :22:51.machines in Poland and Japan. Barclay's Bank is charging for the
:22:52. > :22:55.scanners and they do not work with smartphones but make them smaller
:22:56. > :23:01.and cheaper and finger banking could be here to stay. The Green Party of
:23:02. > :23:05.England and Wales has kicked off their party conference in
:23:06. > :23:13.Birmingham. The leader, Natalie Bennett, has called for the National
:23:14. > :23:21.minimum wage to rise. We can go to our political correspondent. This is
:23:22. > :23:25.a party who once said it is not just about the environment but a broader
:23:26. > :23:27.left wing agenda. They are talking about a guaranteed income for
:23:28. > :23:33.everybody in the country, paid for by the taxpayer, worth ?80 a week
:23:34. > :23:38.for adults, and a higher minimum wage as well. Natalie Bennett is the
:23:39. > :23:45.leader of the Green Party. We need to make the minimum wage minimum
:23:46. > :23:51.wage now. That would lift it to ?7 65 an hour. We would look for a 3%
:23:52. > :23:56.increase year on year. We are talking about a gradual increase. We
:23:57. > :23:59.really have two balance our economy. Wealthy individuals and
:24:00. > :24:03.multinational companies are not paying their taxes or paying
:24:04. > :24:09.adequate wages. Britain is a low-wage economy. We have two allow
:24:10. > :24:14.people to get a decent return on their Labour. I have already been
:24:15. > :24:20.talking to defecting Lib Dems who were Lib Dem members but they have
:24:21. > :24:26.come to the Green Party. The Green Party's hope will be that there will
:24:27. > :24:29.be plenty more of them to help them in the general election. They fear
:24:30. > :24:34.losing their one Parliamentary seat in Brighton. They also fear the
:24:35. > :24:53.prospect of a new Parliament with no Green Party MP. Alistair Cooke's
:24:54. > :25:00.side has already lost the series but with Joe Root having reached his
:25:01. > :25:05.century and England on 249-6, it leaves them well-placed for a
:25:06. > :25:13.consolation victory. Like a summer spent waiting for a barbecue to
:25:14. > :25:24.ignite, cricket watchers have looked questionably at Cook. The captain
:25:25. > :25:29.hits to fours at Headingley but this series is a lost cause. The last
:25:30. > :25:34.71-day internationals, England have won one. They know they have to
:25:35. > :25:38.accelerate but how? They fell quickly but risk-taking is part of
:25:39. > :25:44.this game. Early next year, it is another World Cup. Should
:25:45. > :25:49.this game. Early next year, it is rely on Joe Root's correctness, for
:25:50. > :25:57.example? The clock is ticking, the scoreboard is slowing. 91-3 with the
:25:58. > :26:11.innings approaching halfway. While Joe Root 's continued to excel,
:26:12. > :26:14.Hitler -- Butler reminded us... The remains of a huge dinosaur, seven
:26:15. > :26:17.times bigger than a T Rex and weighing more than a herd of
:26:18. > :26:23.elephants has been discovered in Argentina. Scientists say it could
:26:24. > :26:29.be the biggest creature ever to roam the earth. Experts say that it is
:26:30. > :26:44.likely that when it died it was not fully grown.
:26:45. > :26:49.They were the largest creatures ever to have walked the earth - the
:26:50. > :26:49.Titanosaurus . This computer animation is only an
:26:50. > :26:53.Titanosaurus . This computer their size and what these
:26:54. > :27:13.Titanosaurus . This computer creatures looked like , based on
:27:14. > :27:16.just a handful of bones discovered over the decades. Now, US scientists
:27:17. > :27:19.writing in the journal Scientific Reports say they have found 100
:27:20. > :27:23.bones from just one dinosaur. This leg bone is the size of a grown man
:27:24. > :27:25.. They've pieced together this creature which they have called
:27:26. > :27:28.Dreadnoughtus on a computer and discovered much more about it. The
:27:29. > :27:30.researchers say that Dreadnoughtus is the largest land mammal
:27:31. > :27:34.discovered so far. It would have dwarfed us. From head to tail it was
:27:35. > :27:37.26 metres long, just under the length of a passenger aircraft . But
:27:38. > :27:41.it weighed 60 metric tonnes . That is the weight of a dozen elephants.
:27:42. > :27:44.And what is really amazing is that this particular animal wasn't even
:27:45. > :27:47.fully grown . We are learning a lot from this animal already . We have
:27:48. > :27:50.experiments going on in the laboratory that have to do with the
:27:51. > :27:54.biomechanics of the mammal, how it walked and how it moved. We are
:27:55. > :27:56.doing experiments to do with the growth history of the animal ,
:27:57. > :27:59.looking at bone cells, and experiments where we are trying to
:28:00. > :28:04.extract ancient tissues from the dinosaur bones themselves. Earlier
:28:05. > :28:09.this year, a separate team discovered the remains of another
:28:10. > :28:14.huge dinosaur that they say was 20 metres tall when its neck was
:28:15. > :28:17.upright. Scientists hope that these discoveries will help them learn
:28:18. > :28:19.just how these creatures became so gigantic. These animals grew really
:28:20. > :28:23.quickly, reaching their full body size in 30 or 40 years . There was
:28:24. > :28:26.this enormous growth spurt that they had early on. The large size might
:28:27. > :28:35.be down the fact that they eat plants. They are basically giant
:28:36. > :28:38.fermentation tanks, walking around and digesting nasty and unnutritious
:28:39. > :28:46.plant food and that may have made them bigger. The titanosaurus lived
:28:47. > :28:50.70 to 100 million years ago . It was a time when herds of these giant
:28:51. > :28:59.creatures were roaming the planet. creatures were roaming the planet.
:29:00. > :29:18.Time for a look at the weather. The satellite picture reveals all. You
:29:19. > :29:20.can see where the best of the sunshine is. It is mainly across
:29:21. > :29:22.northern England and Wales. 23 Celsius in Northumberland. Cooler
:29:23. > :29:25.than that where we have grey skies. I have the radar here, showing where
:29:26. > :29:29.outbreaks of rain are. It is all associated with that cold front
:29:30. > :29:34.which is pushing its way southwards across the country. As we head into
:29:35. > :29:39.the afternoon, we will see plenty of sunny spells and clouds for England
:29:40. > :29:45.and Wales. A few showers break out ahead of that rain bands. Sunshine
:29:46. > :29:51.is moving in across northern Scotland. Much cooler and fresher
:29:52. > :29:56.here as the rain band moves south. A wet afternoon for Northern Ireland,
:29:57. > :29:59.central and southern Scotland. A few showers across northern England,
:30:00. > :30:10.primarily the Pennines. The cloud may be thick produced a few showers.
:30:11. > :30:13.In the sunshine, feeling warm, 20 Celsius. The winds will stay light.
:30:14. > :30:19.This evening and overnight, the band of rain moved southwards and
:30:20. > :30:23.fragments as it reaches northern England and into North Wales. Ahead
:30:24. > :30:30.of it, it stays mild and cloudy. Behind it, much cooler and fresher.
:30:31. > :30:34.Really chilly to start Saturday morning but it will be bright. A few
:30:35. > :30:39.showers pushing into northern Scotland and some will be heavy.
:30:40. > :30:44.Across England and Wales the rain will fizzle out to leave some good
:30:45. > :30:50.spells of sunshine. Many places staying dry. A bit cooler across the
:30:51. > :30:55.board. We could see 21 Celsius in the South East. I will show you the
:30:56. > :31:01.pressure start for Sunday. It grazes past the North East corner of
:31:02. > :31:08.Scotland. Windy conditions on Sunday in this north-east corner. A
:31:09. > :31:12.good-looking day coming up, plenty of dry and fine weather after a
:31:13. > :31:24.chilly start. Temperatures around 20 or 21 degrees. Good conditions for
:31:25. > :31:27.the Great North Run. Next week, high-pressure dominate and it will
:31:28. > :31:33.stay mainly dry. Variable amounts of cloud. It will be chilly, however.
:31:34. > :31:34.Thank you very much. That is all from us.