:00:00. > :00:00.Labour launches its key election policy on policing,
:00:07. > :00:11.promising thousands of new officers on the street but there's
:00:12. > :00:13.embarrassment as the Shadow Home Secretary gets confused
:00:14. > :00:23.Diane Abbott trips up over the detail of how much the new officers
:00:24. > :00:30.would cost. If we recruit the 10,000 policemen
:00:31. > :00:32.and women over a four-year period we believe it
:00:33. > :00:35.will be about ?300,000. We've corrected the figure and it
:00:36. > :00:46.will be absolutely clear now today I'm not embarrassed
:00:47. > :00:49.in the slightest. Downing Street say they are
:00:50. > :01:00.approaching the Brexit talks with huge amounts of goodwill
:01:01. > :01:02.after reports of tension The surfer who clung to his board
:01:03. > :01:10.for 30 hours before being rescued at sea is recovering
:01:11. > :01:12.in hospital in Belfast. The family of Guy Hedger,
:01:13. > :01:14.who was shot by intruders at his home in Dorset,
:01:15. > :01:18.have paid tribute to him Athletes like Paula Radcliffe
:01:19. > :01:20.could lose their world records under proposals to rewrite the record
:01:21. > :01:23.books in an effort to improve How singers are trying
:01:24. > :01:38.to save the endangered songbird. Coming up in the Sport on BBC News,
:01:39. > :01:41.world snooker champion Mark Selby admits he is at the peak
:01:42. > :01:44.of his powers as he becomes only the fourth modern player
:01:45. > :02:02.to retain his title at the Crucible. Good afternoon and welcome
:02:03. > :02:10.to the BBC News at One. The Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn,
:02:11. > :02:12.has defended his Shadow Home Secretary after she appeared
:02:13. > :02:14.confused over the cost of the party's plans to put
:02:15. > :02:18.an 10,000 extra police officers Mr Corbyn insisted he wasn't
:02:19. > :02:24.embarrassed in the slightest by Diane Abbott's difficulties
:02:25. > :02:27.with the numbers for what is one The gaffe has overshadowed
:02:28. > :02:32.the launch of Labour's policing Our political correspondent
:02:33. > :02:45.Leila Nathoo reports. Antisocial behaviour... On the beat
:02:46. > :02:47.this morning in Southampton Jeremy Corbyn promising money for 10,000
:02:48. > :02:51.more police officers in England and Wales. Labour wants to put police on
:02:52. > :02:57.the streets embedded in local communities. Do we continue cutting
:02:58. > :03:00.police numbers or do we put police back on the streets? Do we support
:03:01. > :03:04.PCSOs or continue to see them reduced? The party says it would
:03:05. > :03:08.reverse cuts to capital gains tax to fund the policy but in an interview
:03:09. > :03:11.this morning the Shadow Home Secretary, Diane Abbott, struggled
:03:12. > :03:18.to explain how much it would cost. We believe it will be about
:03:19. > :03:23.?300,000. ?300,000... Sorry For 10,000 police officers, what are you
:03:24. > :03:33.paying them? No, I mean... Sorry. How much will they cost? They will
:03:34. > :03:41.cost... They will - it will cost... Um... About... About ?80 million.
:03:42. > :03:44.Despite the awkward stumble, Jeremy Corbyn defended his close colleague.
:03:45. > :03:47.We have corrected the figure and it will be absolutely clear now, today
:03:48. > :03:51.and in the manifesto. I am not embarrassed in the slightest. But
:03:52. > :03:54.Diane Abbott's number trouble had already been pounced on. She later
:03:55. > :03:59.tried to play down her morning performance. I do know my figures.
:04:00. > :04:04.As you will know, I did seven interviews that morning and that was
:04:05. > :04:09.the 7th that I misspoke. But I do know my figures. The Conservatives
:04:10. > :04:14.in coalition cut funding for police forces and the number of officers is
:04:15. > :04:19.down almost 20,000 since 2010. Budget were then protected in 2015
:04:20. > :04:22.in real terms, although not all forces felt the reprieve. At the
:04:23. > :04:26.same time, crime has generally fallen although violent offences are
:04:27. > :04:30.thought to be up. The truth is we have reduced the number of policemen
:04:31. > :04:34.on the street from 2010. Because the police have been spending that money
:04:35. > :04:40.wisely, and because we have worked with them on reform, there's been a
:04:41. > :04:43.reduction in crime of nearly a third since 2010. We believe you can
:04:44. > :04:47.protect funding and also reduce crime. This is not the first time
:04:48. > :04:50.that a politician has floundered when grilled about the detail of a
:04:51. > :04:55.proposal and it certainly won't be the last. But Labour has been
:04:56. > :04:59.putting policy at the centre of its election campaign so far and after
:05:00. > :05:01.seven years out of power the party needs to convince voters of its
:05:02. > :05:04.credibility to get back into Government.
:05:05. > :05:09.Our assistant political editor Norman Smith is in Westminster.
:05:10. > :05:15.A little confusion clearly there over the numbers, how much of a
:05:16. > :05:22.problem is it for Labour? On one level you can say it was a car crash
:05:23. > :05:25.interview, it was a horror story but it was Diane Abbott's many
:05:26. > :05:30.interviews of the morning, she lost her way. The trouble is this is an
:05:31. > :05:35.election. In an election everything matters and everything gets
:05:36. > :05:39.magnified. It matters at the level because it puts Labour's big policy
:05:40. > :05:42.launch on recruiting more police officers, it matters because it
:05:43. > :05:45.reignites questions over how Labour is going to pay for some of its
:05:46. > :05:48.policies, when the Shadow Home Secretary doesn't seem clear on how
:05:49. > :05:56.she's going to pay for more police officers. It matters too because of
:05:57. > :05:59.who Diane Abbott is, she is not just another Labour back benchish, she is
:06:00. > :06:02.the Shadow Home Secretary who hopes to be in charge of our police and
:06:03. > :06:06.security services in about six weeks' time, more than that, she is
:06:07. > :06:11.a key ally of Jeremy Corbyn. Some of this rebounds against him too. And
:06:12. > :06:16.inevitably it will raise questions in people's minds about competence,
:06:17. > :06:19.credibility, seriousness, attention to detail, diligence, all those sort
:06:20. > :06:23.of things. You know, the reason it matters more than anything, I think,
:06:24. > :06:27.is in an election, most people probably don't follow every twist
:06:28. > :06:32.and turn, every policy announcement and every statement, there are one
:06:33. > :06:36.or two moment that is catch their attention, and I suspect this
:06:37. > :06:39.gaffe-ridden interview could be one of those moments. Thank you.
:06:40. > :06:41.Downing Street says the government is approaching the Brexit talks
:06:42. > :06:44.in a constructive manner and with huge amounts of goodwill.
:06:45. > :06:46.It follows reports over the weekend of rising
:06:47. > :06:51.tensions following a dinner with Commission President
:06:52. > :06:54.Tim Farron the Liberal Democrat leader warned the difference
:06:55. > :06:57.of opinion was a taste of things to come.
:06:58. > :07:00.We see the discussions in the media over the last day or so over
:07:01. > :07:03.Theresa May and Junker's discussions, the he said, she said.
:07:04. > :07:06.Can I just say that is the shape of things to come.
:07:07. > :07:09.The shape of things to come where we will not be
:07:10. > :07:12.sure what is going on, where a deal will be stitched
:07:13. > :07:14.up between bureaucrats and eurocrats, by our politicians
:07:15. > :07:18.And that deal will be stitched up in the 21st century equivalent
:07:19. > :07:21.of smoke-filled rooms over the next 18 months and it will be imposed
:07:22. > :07:24.on the people of Lewes, it will be imposed on the people
:07:25. > :07:32.of Britain and they will have no say unless you vote Liberal Democrat.
:07:33. > :07:37.The Prime Minister is campaigning in the South West of England this
:07:38. > :07:41.afternoon and is currently in Mevagissey in Cornwall.
:07:42. > :07:46.Our chief political correspondent Vicki Young is there.
:07:47. > :07:52.Why there in particular? Well, this was the place at the last general
:07:53. > :07:57.election where Theresa May herself says the results here where the
:07:58. > :08:01.Conservatives really pushed back and destroyed the Liberal Democrats,
:08:02. > :08:06.when they were really in control in their heartlands here, they say that
:08:07. > :08:08.made a difference between a coalition of opposition MPs and also
:08:09. > :08:13.then a strong Conservative Government. She's hoping the same
:08:14. > :08:17.thing will happen this time around. What's intriguing is how those
:08:18. > :08:21.Brexit ideas, how that's going to go down in places like this, a place
:08:22. > :08:25.which voted to Leave the European Union, and I have spoken to people
:08:26. > :08:29.here that sum up the difference. One woman saying we need Theresa May,
:08:30. > :08:33.she's strong and -- and she will stand up to these people in the EU,
:08:34. > :08:37.we want to get what we voted for. Another woman speaking to the Prime
:08:38. > :08:41.Minister earlier here said Brexit isn't the only issue, there are more
:08:42. > :08:44.very important things, more important things like the health
:08:45. > :08:48.service, like food banks. That is really how the Brexit story is being
:08:49. > :08:53.played out here. The Liberal Democrats are hoping for a revival.
:08:54. > :08:57.But a strong Ukip vote here, for example, the Conservatives are
:08:58. > :08:58.confident they can get Ukip voters over to them and keep those seats
:08:59. > :09:02.here in the south-west. Thank you. The Green Party say they will offer
:09:03. > :09:05.voters the chance of a second referendum, with an option to remain
:09:06. > :09:07.in the EU. The party's election manifesto
:09:08. > :09:09.will include a pledge for a ratification referendum to be
:09:10. > :09:13.held after the EU has agreed the terms of Brexit,
:09:14. > :09:16.if the majority of the electorate are unhappy with the terms
:09:17. > :09:19.of the final deal. And you can find out more
:09:20. > :09:21.about today's election pledges and the latest on the campaign
:09:22. > :09:29.on our website. A surfer who survived for more
:09:30. > :09:32.than 30 hours clinging to his board in the Irish Sea has been described
:09:33. > :09:36.as extremely lucky by the Belfast 22-year-old Matthew Bryce
:09:37. > :09:41.was reported missing when he failed to return from a trip off the Argyll
:09:42. > :09:45.coast on Sunday. He was eventually spotted
:09:46. > :09:48.by a helicopter 13 miles off shore. Our correspondent Chris Buckler
:09:49. > :09:58.is on the Antrim Coast. Yeah, the weather was good
:09:59. > :10:03.throughout the bank holiday weekend but make no mistake the water behind
:10:04. > :10:07.me is cold and it's dangerous. Matthew Bryce left a beach near
:10:08. > :10:11.Campbelltown before lunchtime on Sunday but he wasn't found until
:10:12. > :10:14.last night and that was after a major rescue operation, needed
:10:15. > :10:18.because of the sheer amount of water that needed to be searched before he
:10:19. > :10:21.was finally spotted by that coastguard helicopter.
:10:22. > :10:24.After more than a day drifting in the water,
:10:25. > :10:29.Matthew Bryce was found by the coastguard, 40 miles from
:10:30. > :10:33.He was still beside the surfboard he left the Argyll coast
:10:34. > :10:37.by on the Sunday morning and when he was rescued
:10:38. > :10:47.on the Monday evening he was closer to Northern Ireland than Scotland.
:10:48. > :10:49.Waters around the UK at this time of year
:10:50. > :10:54.If you go in the water this time of year, just on the beach,
:10:55. > :10:58.how long you would want to spend on it, then if you think about 32
:10:59. > :11:00.hours in these conditions then it would extremely debilitating.
:11:01. > :11:03.Search and rescue teams from both sides of the Irish
:11:04. > :11:10.in an effort to find Matthew Bryce who is from Glasgow but is now being
:11:11. > :11:16.The waves in the water make both the Scottish
:11:17. > :11:20.and Northern Irish coasts a popular destination for surfers.
:11:21. > :11:25.The coastguard say that Matthew was lucky but he was also prepared,
:11:26. > :11:27.wearing a wet suit that may well have saved his life.
:11:28. > :11:34.He was also able to stay close to his surfboard.
:11:35. > :11:38.When he was plucked from the sea, he was hypothermic but conscious,
:11:39. > :11:39.rescued just as evening was approaching.
:11:40. > :11:41.And in the coastguard's own words, "extremely lucky
:11:42. > :11:52.Matthew Bryce is expected to make a full recovery. He is exhausted and
:11:53. > :11:55.is receiving treatment at the Ulster Hospital and has asked for privacy
:11:56. > :11:59.at this time. However, he has within the last half an hour released a
:12:00. > :12:02.statement, he said, I am so grateful I am now receiving treatment in
:12:03. > :12:06.hospital, I can't thank those who rescued and cared for me enough.
:12:07. > :12:09.They are all heroes. Chris, thank you.
:12:10. > :12:13.A Cardiff man who used James Bond-style cufflinks which had
:12:14. > :12:16.hidden USB memory sticks in them containing extremist data has been
:12:17. > :12:21.34-year-old Samata Ullah pleaded guilty to five offences including
:12:22. > :12:25.membership of so-called Islamic State.
:12:26. > :12:28.The police said Ullah had created a one-stop shop for terrorists
:12:29. > :12:30.from his bedroom and stored information useful to terrorists
:12:31. > :12:43.The Government says it will not appeal against a ruling
:12:44. > :12:45.forcing it to publish plans to tackle air pollution.
:12:46. > :12:47.Earlier, the High Court rejected plans by ministers to wait
:12:48. > :12:50.until after the general election to unveil its clean air plan.
:12:51. > :12:52.The Government said it would now meet the court's deadline
:12:53. > :12:57.The family of a man who was shot dead in his home by intruders
:12:58. > :13:00.in the early hours of Sunday morning have paid tribute to him saying
:13:01. > :13:04.Dorset Police are searching for at least two people
:13:05. > :13:06.following the death of Guy Hedger, a marketing executive.
:13:07. > :13:12.The men, who wore baraclavas stole jewellery including designer
:13:13. > :13:14.watches before fleeing the house near Ringwood.
:13:15. > :13:24.The centre of the police operation remains the house where Guy Hedger
:13:25. > :13:28.was shot. Detectives say he was killed on Sunday morning after at
:13:29. > :13:34.least two intruders entered his home. It's believed that a number of
:13:35. > :13:40.designer watches were taken during the raid. MrHedger was 61 and a
:13:41. > :13:45.director of an education trust. In a statement today his family said: Guy
:13:46. > :13:48.was a caring and compassionate partner, son, brother and uncle who
:13:49. > :13:54.lived life to its full and enriched the lives of all those who knew him.
:13:55. > :13:57.It said, we are devastated that Guy's life has been cut short in
:13:58. > :14:02.this way. Guy will be sorely missed but he will live in our hearts
:14:03. > :14:05.forever. Those tributes have been shared by
:14:06. > :14:09.MrHedger's work colleagues who say he helped transform the lives of
:14:10. > :14:13.thousands of children through his educational work. Police say that
:14:14. > :14:16.his partner who is believed to have witnessed the shooting, has been
:14:17. > :14:21.left deeply affected by what happened. And is now a key witness
:14:22. > :14:26.in their investigation. This is an area of Dorset where home
:14:27. > :14:30.prices run into the millions. And the shooting is still leaving many
:14:31. > :14:33.here unsettled. Well, it's obviously very distressing. We live in an area
:14:34. > :14:37.where you never think anything like this is going to happen. So, it's
:14:38. > :14:41.distressing from that point of view but the police have also been very
:14:42. > :14:47.good. They've got a large presence in the area so we feel very safe.
:14:48. > :14:51.Well, we're pleased that obviously, you know, there's so much of the
:14:52. > :14:56.police involvement around us and supporting us all. It's a really
:14:57. > :14:59.quiet area and nobody normally expects anything, everyone has high
:15:00. > :15:04.security around here. You wouldn't expect anything to happen around
:15:05. > :15:08.here. Police say they think the raid was planned in advance and are
:15:09. > :15:09.working to find out why Guy Hedger's home was targeted with such tragic
:15:10. > :15:16.consequences. A Viscount has pleaded
:15:17. > :15:20.not guilty to sending a racially-aggravated message
:15:21. > :15:22.to the businesswoman and Brexit Rhodri Philipps, the 4th
:15:23. > :15:29.Viscount St Davids, is accused of writing a threatening
:15:30. > :15:31.message on Facebook just days after Gina Miller won a landmark
:15:32. > :15:34.High Court challenge against the Government over
:15:35. > :15:36.Article 50 last year. Our legal affairs correspondent,
:15:37. > :15:46.Clive Coleman, is at Tell us what happened. This morning
:15:47. > :16:00.the man who appeared in the dock was asked by the court clerk if his name
:16:01. > :16:06.was Rhodri St Davids. Three charges were put to him. They were charges
:16:07. > :16:11.under the Communications Act. It was put to him he had sent messages in
:16:12. > :16:14.the form of Facebook postings which were menacing in character and
:16:15. > :16:19.racially aggravating. The first of the messages, it was alleged,
:16:20. > :16:23.referred to Gina Miller, the businesswoman you mentioned, sent
:16:24. > :16:28.just days after she won the initial ruling in the High Court, she
:16:29. > :16:32.challenged the Government, saying they did not have the right lawfully
:16:33. > :16:41.to trigger Article 50 without going to Parliament for a vote because
:16:42. > :16:49.Parliament was sovereign. That case went to the Supreme Court and she
:16:50. > :16:49.won. The other two charges relate to Facebook messages made earlier in
:16:50. > :16:51.September of last year and concerned other individuals. The charges were
:16:52. > :16:57.put and he pleaded not guilty to all three. A date for the trial was
:16:58. > :17:02.fixed and it will be on the 10th of July. He was then released from
:17:03. > :17:08.court on conditional bail, two conditions, one that he does not
:17:09. > :17:12.contact Gina Miller directly or indirectly and that he does not
:17:13. > :17:17.publish on any social media platform whatsoever until the trial date of
:17:18. > :17:21.the 10th of July. Back to you. Thank you.
:17:22. > :17:25.Labour launches its key election policy on policing,
:17:26. > :17:29.promising thousands of new officers on the street but there's
:17:30. > :17:31.embarrassment as the Shadow Home Secretary gets confused
:17:32. > :17:44.George Osborne begins his first day as editor of the London Evening
:17:45. > :17:50.Standard. In sport, Paula Radcliffe and other world record holders are
:17:51. > :17:55.collateral damage as a task force recommends wiping them from before
:17:56. > :18:00.2005 in the wake of the doping scandal.
:18:01. > :18:05.In its heyday in the 1980s, the Brent Field in the North Sea
:18:06. > :18:10.produced more than half a million barrels of oil a day -
:18:11. > :18:14.enough to provide energy for around half the homes in the UK.
:18:15. > :18:18.But production was stopped there six years ago and now the platform
:18:19. > :18:23.And it's quite a task because it's not only Britain's oldest, but it's
:18:24. > :18:25.Enviromental groups are concerned about how much of it will be left
:18:26. > :18:35.A decade in the planning, but just seconds in the execution,
:18:36. > :18:36.as the top side, as it is known, is lifted off Brent Delta
:18:37. > :18:40.and onto the world's largest construction ship.
:18:41. > :18:42.The Pioneering Spirit was designed and built exactly
:18:43. > :18:53.380 metres long and 124 metres wide across two hulls,
:18:54. > :18:55.it is the size of an Olympics worth of sports pitches and
:18:56. > :19:01.These platforms were not designed to be lifted from the underside,
:19:02. > :19:04.so we have had to spend at least two seasons preparing the
:19:05. > :19:13.About 200 tonnes of steel were welded to the underside
:19:14. > :19:16.and under deck of the platforms to enable this lift to take place.
:19:17. > :19:20.It is difficult to imagine the scale of this project, but consider this -
:19:21. > :19:23.that crane is one of the largest harbour cranes in the world.
:19:24. > :19:29.What has taken place over the last couple of days out in the North Sea,
:19:30. > :19:32.300 miles north of here, is a lift of around 24,000 tonnes,
:19:33. > :19:37.more than 100 times the weight that that massive crane
:19:38. > :19:53.The Brent oilfield, more than 100 miles north-east of the Shetlands,
:19:54. > :19:53.has been producing oil since the 1970s.
:19:54. > :19:54.During its peak, half a million barrels a day.
:19:55. > :19:54.Now the oilfield is coming to the end of its economic
:19:55. > :19:58.life and these monoliths are being decommissioned.
:19:59. > :20:03.It is a process that will be worth at least
:20:04. > :20:10.?40 billion in the years ahead, but it is not without challenges.
:20:11. > :20:12.Shell, which operates the oilfield, says it learnt lessons
:20:13. > :20:16.from the furore surrounding the scrapping of the Brent Spar
:20:17. > :20:21.But there are concerns that Delta's three concrete legs
:20:22. > :20:27.Campaigners accuse Shell of putting profit before the environment.
:20:28. > :20:29.To fully comply with the international law,
:20:30. > :20:31.Shell has to prove that leaving the legs of this enormous oil
:20:32. > :20:34.rig behind won't cause environmental damage.
:20:35. > :20:37.And to date, they simply have not done that.
:20:38. > :20:39.Shell says it welcomes the comments and will work
:20:40. > :20:43.The topside is now on its way to Hartlepool where
:20:44. > :20:49.And the coming years will see hundreds more platforms
:20:50. > :20:56.The first of these giants from the once so vital Brent
:20:57. > :20:58.oilfield is now being brought ashore to end its life.
:20:59. > :21:06.One of the world's biggest energy companies, BP,
:21:07. > :21:10.has reported a profit of ?1.1 billion
:21:11. > :21:15.It comes after two years of heavy losses.
:21:16. > :21:17.The improved financial performance was because of cost-saving measures
:21:18. > :21:30.If the former Chancellor George Osborne has begun his new job as
:21:31. > :21:37.editor of the London Evening Standard. He has promised that under
:21:38. > :21:39.his editorship, the paper will inform and entertain. Our media
:21:40. > :21:42.editor reports. George Osborne's new working hours
:21:43. > :21:44.mean he will probably wake up at 5am each day,
:21:45. > :21:47.but this morning, he looked eager It is very exciting to be starting
:21:48. > :21:53.in the new job and it is a really important time in our country
:21:54. > :21:56.where people are going to want the straight facts,
:21:57. > :21:57.the informed analysis, so they can make the really
:21:58. > :21:59.big decisions about The Evening Standard
:22:00. > :22:03.is going to provide that and it's Keen to show familiarity
:22:04. > :22:12.with newspaper jargon, Osborne will have been relieved that
:22:13. > :22:17.at least his pass worked. But outside the Standard's offices
:22:18. > :22:19.in Kensington, central London, London's cab drivers say the former
:22:20. > :22:25.Chancellor was too close to Uber, the private hire firm,
:22:26. > :22:31.allegations that he denies. When George Osborne turned up
:22:32. > :22:33.for work this morning, he would have had the same
:22:34. > :22:36.priorities as any new newspaper editor - get to know staff,
:22:37. > :22:39.talk about his editorial vision - but it's clear that his time
:22:40. > :22:42.as editor is going to be dogged Staff are relieved he is stepping
:22:43. > :22:46.down as an MP, but there is still concern about his work
:22:47. > :22:50.for BlackRock and it is clear that London's cab drivers intend
:22:51. > :22:52.to disrupt his editorship. The ?650,000 a year that
:22:53. > :22:55.George Osborne earns for four days a month at BlackRock,
:22:56. > :22:57.the world's biggest asset manager, leaves him exposed to accusations
:22:58. > :23:01.of a conflict of interest. With limited resources
:23:02. > :23:06.and a business model under pressure, Osborne will need to turn
:23:07. > :23:09.the Standard's finances around. For a former Chancellor
:23:10. > :23:11.who practised austerity and is no stranger to controversy,
:23:12. > :23:13.this new job has eerie The German Chancellor,
:23:14. > :23:22.Angela Merkel, is in Russia for a meeting
:23:23. > :23:24.with Vladimir Putin later today. It's the first time they have held
:23:25. > :23:28.talks for two years. Relations between the two countries
:23:29. > :23:30.have worsened since Russia's annexation of Crimea
:23:31. > :23:36.in Ukraine in 2014. Crimea and the war in Syria are
:23:37. > :23:39.expected to be high on the agenda. Our Moscow correspondent,
:23:40. > :23:41.Steve Rosenberg, joins me now. They're meeting in Sochi at
:23:42. > :23:43.President Putin's summer residence. How difficult could this
:23:44. > :23:50.meeting prove to be? I think it is going to be quite
:23:51. > :23:54.difficult. The talks are going on right now. We believe they are
:23:55. > :23:59.talking about the conflict in Ukraine, the war in Syria, some of
:24:00. > :24:04.the key issues which have driven a wedge between Russia and the West
:24:05. > :24:07.and this meeting is important because Angela Merkel is the most
:24:08. > :24:13.powerful leader in Europe and Vladimir Putin is the all-powerful
:24:14. > :24:17.Russian president. To find solutions to these issues, it could be
:24:18. > :24:21.high-level meetings like this but find one. Can they find a common
:24:22. > :24:25.language today? It will be difficult. Despite the fact Angela
:24:26. > :24:33.Merkel speaks fluent Russian and she grew up in East Germany, Vladimir
:24:34. > :24:38.Putin speaks fluent German from his days as a KGB officer in East
:24:39. > :24:41.Germany, they have very different world views. Angela Merkel is seen
:24:42. > :24:46.as someone who was a staunch defender of Western liberal Chrissy,
:24:47. > :24:52.Western institutions, civil society and the EU. Vladimir Putin is an
:24:53. > :24:57.authoritarian leader who seems determined to undermine Western the
:24:58. > :25:01.broad democracy and institutions. At at least they are talking and both
:25:02. > :25:15.believe it is important to keep the dialogue going. Thank you. Paula
:25:16. > :25:18.Radcliffe has reacted angrily to the rewriting of records. It is part of
:25:19. > :25:23.a bid to address concerns over doping. It would mean that in future
:25:24. > :25:27.world records with only stand if test samples were stored for ten
:25:28. > :25:28.years but those standards were not in place when Paula Radcliffe set
:25:29. > :25:40.her marathon record. She says it means clean athletes are being
:25:41. > :25:42.penalised. The crowd anticipating something special once again from
:25:43. > :25:48.Jonathan Edwards of Great Britain. August, 1995, and for Jonathan
:25:49. > :25:53.Edwards, a leap into history. It is a tough act to follow but he has
:25:54. > :25:57.done it again! I don't believe it! It remains the triple jump world
:25:58. > :26:03.record to this day but for how much longer? Under new proposals, all
:26:04. > :26:07.world records set before 2005 would be erased, including Paula
:26:08. > :26:12.Radcliffe's marathon mark from 2003, because the drug testing back then
:26:13. > :26:15.did not match today's standards. The planning is to restore faith in
:26:16. > :26:21.athletics but those set to lose their records despite doing nothing
:26:22. > :26:24.wrong are unimpressed. Very disappointed, obviously. This is a
:26:25. > :26:30.broad, sweeping solution which they are just trying to push in which yet
:26:31. > :26:33.again sees clean athletes suffering for the actions of cheats. European
:26:34. > :26:38.athletics believes record should now only stand if the athlete samples
:26:39. > :26:46.are stored for retesting and that has only happened since 2005. Some
:26:47. > :26:52.records have stood since the 1980s Sanchez these... They never failed
:26:53. > :26:56.drugs tests but no one has ever come close to them. Some believe it is
:26:57. > :27:00.time to rewrite the history books after the recent Russian scandal.
:27:01. > :27:06.Clean athletes like Paula Radcliffe and Jonathan Edwards... It is about
:27:07. > :27:12.convincing the public that what they are watching is real. The IAAF will
:27:13. > :27:18.consider the idea in August. Lord Coe says he likes it. But it will
:27:19. > :27:21.prove hugely contentious. World-famous old world records like
:27:22. > :27:26.the four-minute mile still be recognised? It seems the sport's
:27:27. > :27:30.rich history could soon be history itself.
:27:31. > :27:34.Nightingales - they're Britain's most celebrated songbird.
:27:35. > :27:35.But they're under the threat of extinction.
:27:36. > :27:38.In the past 25 years, their numbers have declined by 62%.
:27:39. > :27:41.To highlight their plight, a nightingale festival is being held
:27:42. > :27:44.in the woodlands of Southern England during which singers
:27:45. > :27:47.will try to duet with the songbirds, as our arts correspondent,
:27:48. > :28:01.We are gathered in anticipation of being led into the forest
:28:02. > :28:07.at dark to go and listen to the nightingales sing.
:28:08. > :28:12.Sam Lee, the man who is tonight taking us into the woods,
:28:13. > :28:14.not just to listen to nightingales, but also to sing
:28:15. > :28:18.with them, in a cold, damp, dark thicket.
:28:19. > :28:21.And this nocturnal concert is one of many taking
:28:22. > :28:23.place across the country, an attempt to reconnect us
:28:24. > :28:27.with what used to be the sound of spring.
:28:28. > :28:36.The nightingale is unparalleled in its virtuosity and the vocal range.
:28:37. > :28:47.Nightingales have declined 62% in the last 25 years.
:28:48. > :28:50.Of course, the idea of playing music with the nightingale is not new.
:28:51. > :28:52.Beatrice Harrison's live duets on the BBC
:28:53. > :29:05.Actually, as we get closer, you will start to hear the song
:29:06. > :29:07.growing and growing, getting louder and louder.
:29:08. > :29:25.If you cup your ears to focus your hearing.
:29:26. > :29:44.It does not feel odd, middle of the night,
:29:45. > :30:00.# The nightingale...# and quite perfect.
:30:01. > :30:04.I think it is important to remember that
:30:05. > :30:07.once upon a time this would have been the soundtrack to our
:30:08. > :30:11.spring around every fire, around every homestead.
:30:12. > :30:15.We would have just gone out and listened to the nightingales.
:30:16. > :30:19.So, that little, damp thicket, an oasis of song.
:30:20. > :30:28.David Sillito, BBC News, Ashford, in Kent.
:30:29. > :30:43.Not very warm but very dry? No significant prolonged rainfall in
:30:44. > :30:47.the weather forecast for this week. Looking at rainfall totals for
:30:48. > :30:52.April, we have not quite got all the facts and figures yet for the month,
:30:53. > :30:57.but it is looking like it has been an extremely dry month with many
:30:58. > :31:02.places seeing rainfall totals well below the average. So much so, in
:31:03. > :31:06.Edinburgh, it has been the driest April on record. Only four
:31:07. > :31:12.millimetres of rain for the whole month. Amazing weather pictures
:31:13. > :31:17.though. In the Highlands, not a cloud in the sky. Western Scotland,
:31:18. > :31:22.you will see the best of the weather this week. Yesterday, the warmest in
:31:23. > :31:26.the country. We could see 19 today. Little dip in the middle of the week
:31:27. > :31:33.but by the weekend, backed up to 19, 20. East Coast, Breeze coming in off
:31:34. > :31:39.the sea, a little cooler, 10 degrees. The same in Northern
:31:40. > :31:44.Ireland with temperatures around 17 with dry weather. West is best in
:31:45. > :31:49.terms of sunshine. Thicker cloud and more of a breeze off the North Sea
:31:50. > :31:54.just starting to produce the threat of a few isolated showers this
:31:55. > :31:57.afternoon, but nothing particularly significant and nowhere near enough
:31:58. > :32:02.toward further gardens unfortunately. The showers will
:32:03. > :32:05.drift steadily south and west this evening and overnight. Preventing
:32:06. > :32:09.temperatures falling to low. In sheltered glens of Scotland with the
:32:10. > :32:13.clear skies, we could see temperatures down ten minus two. A
:32:14. > :32:17.light frost not out of the question. You start off with the best of the
:32:18. > :32:24.sunshine Ash McRae we could see temperatures down to minus two. More
:32:25. > :32:29.of a breeze coming in of the North Sea. The North Sea pretty cold at
:32:30. > :32:38.this time of year. That will peg back the field lacrosse the exposed
:32:39. > :32:45.East coasts. -- the feel across that exposed east coast. The best of the
:32:46. > :32:48.weather in the West. Little change on Thursday. High pressure still in
:32:49. > :32:53.the driving seat and still influencing the story to the north.
:32:54. > :32:57.Weak weather fronts in the South enhancing more cloud, not that much
:32:58. > :33:00.in the way of rain and always the breeze coming in off the North Sea.
:33:01. > :33:03.Sheltered West, best for the sunshine and warmth, but dry for
:33:04. > :33:07.most of us through the week. A reminder of our main
:33:08. > :33:16.story this lunchtime. Labour promises thousands of new
:33:17. > :33:19.officers on the streets but embarrassment as the Shadow Home
:33:20. > :33:20.Secretary gets confused over the figures.
:33:21. > :33:23.That's all from the BBC News at One, so it's goodbye from me,
:33:24. > :33:24.and on BBC One we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.