:00:00. > :00:10.Britain's EU divorce bill - claims it could be ?100 billion
:00:11. > :00:12.euros are dismissed by the government.
:00:13. > :00:15.But the man in charge of negotiating Britain's exit on behalf
:00:16. > :00:18.of the European Union warned accounts must be settled and it
:00:19. > :00:28.There is no punishment, there is no Brexit bill,
:00:29. > :00:37.the financial settlement is only about settling the accords.
:00:38. > :00:39.They've offered 50bn, 60bn, 100bn, we've not been given an official
:00:40. > :00:41.number ...whilst we'll meet our international obligations,
:00:42. > :00:44.we'll meet the legal ones, not the best guesses and wishes
:00:45. > :00:49.We will have the latest from Downing Street and Brussels.
:00:50. > :00:53.Police investigating the murder of a man shot during a burglary
:00:54. > :00:57.at his home in Dorset have arrested two men and a woman.
:00:58. > :01:00.The supermarket giant Sainsbury's announce a big fall in profits -
:01:01. > :01:04.blaming tough market conditions and a fall in the value of sterling.
:01:05. > :01:08.Ten years to the day since Madeleine McCann disappeared
:01:09. > :01:11.from a holiday resort in Portugal, we speak to the first
:01:12. > :01:21.And why the UK's last killer whales are under threat.
:01:22. > :01:26.And coming up in the sport on BBC News.
:01:27. > :01:30.After announcing her retirement, 11-time British javelin champion
:01:31. > :01:32.Goldie Sayers says she leaves athletics feeling a "deep
:01:33. > :01:50.Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.
:01:51. > :01:55.The European Union's chief Brexit negotiator has been setting
:01:56. > :01:58.out his priorities for the talks, warning that they will be
:01:59. > :02:07.Michel Barnier insisted that the UK would not be punished for leaving
:02:08. > :02:09.but said that the accounts had to be settled.
:02:10. > :02:13.It came after reports that the UK could be asked to pay up
:02:14. > :02:15.to 100 billion euros to leave the EU.
:02:16. > :02:18.Mr Barnier said the top priority was to establish the rights of EU
:02:19. > :02:21.citizens living the in the UK and of Britons in the EU.
:02:22. > :02:25.Here's our political correspondent Ben Wright.
:02:26. > :02:36.In the Tories's sights this morning, Jeremy Corbyn's tax plans.
:02:37. > :02:40.The Conservatives claim there is a huge hole and his sons, a charge
:02:41. > :02:43.Labour strongly denies. There is an account to settle
:02:44. > :02:47.and taxpayers will get the The numbers that have been bandied
:02:48. > :02:51.around in the press, 50, 60, We certainly have not had
:02:52. > :02:55.any indication of it. We have said throughout
:02:56. > :02:57.that we will meet our international obligations and we
:02:58. > :02:59.will enter negotiations in the best interests of us and
:03:00. > :03:04.the European Union. And Mr Davies said Britain would
:03:05. > :03:05.certainly not pay 100 billion euros, the amount suggested by the
:03:06. > :03:07.Financial Times. That is not a figure
:03:08. > :03:09.the EU's chief negotiator In fact, he did not put
:03:10. > :03:13.any number on the bill. There is no punishment,
:03:14. > :03:18.there is no Brexit bill. The financial settlement
:03:19. > :03:21.is only about settling Mr Barnier said there
:03:22. > :03:28.would have to be progress on the terms of divorce before any
:03:29. > :03:32.talks about the future and trade. Some have created the
:03:33. > :03:37.illusion that Brexit would have no material
:03:38. > :03:42.impact on our lives. Or that negotiations can be
:03:43. > :03:47.concluded quickly and painlessly. These are the EU's
:03:48. > :03:52.negotiating guidelines that And Michel Barnier
:03:53. > :03:57.said today he wanted everybody to keep a cool head
:03:58. > :04:00.through the process. Not easy with pressure
:04:01. > :04:04.building on both sides. Leaked reports of a very acrimonious
:04:05. > :04:08.dinner in Downing Street last week. And with the general
:04:09. > :04:14.election now in full flow. Campaigning on the health service
:04:15. > :04:16.in Bedford, Jeremy Corbyn said the government's
:04:17. > :04:20.Brexit strategy was wrong. Theresa May and David Davis
:04:21. > :04:22.appeared to open with megaphone diplomacy, threatening
:04:23. > :04:25.Europe that we will become some kind of tax haven on the
:04:26. > :04:30.shores of Europe. Because yes, we are leaving
:04:31. > :04:34.the European Union, but we have to have a good relationship
:04:35. > :04:37.with them in the The Liberal Democrats said
:04:38. > :04:40.the question mark over Britain's exit bill proved why a second
:04:41. > :04:43.referendum on the final deal is This is what will happen
:04:44. > :04:46.over the next two years. You will, I will, our
:04:47. > :04:49.children will have a deal we have to live with
:04:50. > :04:51.for the next several decades and none of us
:04:52. > :04:52.will This will be stitched
:04:53. > :04:55.up by politicians in Brussels and in London, the British
:04:56. > :04:58.people will be carved out. But Ukip said there was
:04:59. > :05:00.a simple solution to What we want to know
:05:01. > :05:04.in Ukip is how much is the As far as Ukip is concerned
:05:05. > :05:08.we should not be How we leave the EU
:05:09. > :05:16.and on what terms will dominate politics after
:05:17. > :05:19.the election, so in the weeks before polling day, parties are coming
:05:20. > :05:42.under pressure to explain what they The EU's chief negotiator has no
:05:43. > :05:44.legal mandate to talk about trade ties yet even if the UK which to do
:05:45. > :05:48.so. Chris Morris has been looking at how
:05:49. > :05:52.the exit bill will be worked out - and what kind of guarantees those
:05:53. > :05:59.living here and on the The first two points will be
:06:00. > :06:04.guaranteeing that the rights of British citizens in the European
:06:05. > :06:09.Union and EU citizens in Britain and settling accounts before we leave.
:06:10. > :06:14.First, citizens rights, incredibly complicated, involving health care
:06:15. > :06:18.rights, pensions and the welfare of families decades into the future.
:06:19. > :06:21.The biggest problem may be jurisdiction, where those rights
:06:22. > :06:27.guaranteed. The British government says the rights of EU citizens here
:06:28. > :06:31.will be guaranteed under EU law. The EU says that isn't acceptable,
:06:32. > :06:34.Michel Barnier pointed out today that their rights are guaranteed by
:06:35. > :06:38.the European Courts of Justice and wants that to continue. He's as
:06:39. > :06:44.anything else would be just an illusion, just a promise. The second
:06:45. > :06:48.point is this single settlement. The EU once a clear agreement on the
:06:49. > :06:52.method of calculating the bill before it says that sufficient
:06:53. > :06:57.progress has been made on this first phase of negotiation. The problem is
:06:58. > :07:02.how do you make that calculation. The EU seems to be going for the
:07:03. > :07:06.broadest possible interpretation, financial obligations resulting from
:07:07. > :07:10.the entire period of UK membership of the EU should be taken into
:07:11. > :07:15.account. Potentially even money that gets spent after we have left. The
:07:16. > :07:19.attitude of many countries in the EU has hardened in the last few weeks
:07:20. > :07:35.which is why some estimates of the bill are as high as 100 billion
:07:36. > :07:40.euros. I don't think it will end up there but economists say even if it
:07:41. > :07:41.is tens of billions of euros then economically that amount is
:07:42. > :07:44.insignificant compared to the challenge of rebooting our entire
:07:45. > :07:46.trade relationship with the rest of the EU and the rest of the world.
:07:47. > :07:49.But politically though the financial settlement will be incredibly tough.
:07:50. > :07:52.Michel Barnier says it is not meant to be a punishment that to some in
:07:53. > :07:53.the UK it may feel like that. Chris Morris there.
:07:54. > :07:55.In a moment we'll talk to our Assistant Political Editor
:07:56. > :07:58.Norman Smith in Downing Street, but first let's speak to
:07:59. > :08:00.Kevin Connelly who is outside the European Commission in Brussels.
:08:01. > :08:07.Some tough talking from Brussels today making it clear that this will
:08:08. > :08:11.not be without pain. That's right, it was a smooth and softly spoken
:08:12. > :08:15.performance from Michel Barnier and he is far too experienced and wily
:08:16. > :08:20.politician to get trapped into a game of putting a figure on what all
:08:21. > :08:24.of this is ultimately going to cost Britain. But underneath it all the
:08:25. > :08:30.message was quite steely. You heard it spells out, it won't be quick and
:08:31. > :08:34.it won't be painless. And ultimately of course, if you are being asked to
:08:35. > :08:38.pay many it doesn't matter whether it is called a settlement of
:08:39. > :08:42.accounts or a bill or a punishment, what you are interested in, what the
:08:43. > :08:48.UK Government will be interested in is what the figure is. We still have
:08:49. > :08:51.no indication on that other that estimate of 100 billion euros is
:08:52. > :08:54.washing around in Brussels and does appear to have a bit of credibility
:08:55. > :08:59.to it. There are problems for Britain as well in the prospect of
:09:00. > :09:05.continued jurisdiction for the European Court of Justice and also
:09:06. > :09:10.this. No trade talks, we know, until the immediate priorities have been
:09:11. > :09:14.sorted out, and in Europe it is Michel Barnier will decide when
:09:15. > :09:18.satisfactory progress has been made and not the British government.
:09:19. > :09:23.Norman Smith in Downing Street, the response from the British government
:09:24. > :09:27.in this? A collective shrug of the shoulders as if to say to pull the
:09:28. > :09:31.other one Michel Barnier because he's an old sparring partner of the
:09:32. > :09:36.British government from previous Euro tussles and they view his
:09:37. > :09:40.demands as part of the early rough and tumble of negotiations. Brexit
:09:41. > :09:45.secretary David Davis this morning gave as good as he got saying forget
:09:46. > :09:48.the idea that we might pay 100 billion euros, it's not happening.
:09:49. > :09:52.And if there is no deal by the way we want pay you anything. There is a
:09:53. > :09:56.risk from this ratcheting up of the rhetoric. Risk number one is that it
:09:57. > :09:59.makes it much harder to get a deal because it makes it much harder for
:10:00. > :10:07.both sides to compromise. The second risk is that if money is the first
:10:08. > :10:11.item on the agenda, it simply soaks up all the time as both sides
:10:12. > :10:18.wrangle over pounds commissioning is and pens, leaving no time for other
:10:19. > :10:23.issues like trade. So the danger with the tough talk is that it is
:10:24. > :10:26.harder to strike a deal. Let me ask you about the election campaign
:10:27. > :10:29.trail which continues, claim and counterclaim today between Labour
:10:30. > :10:35.and the Tories of tax and spending plans. Yes, following from Diane
:10:36. > :10:38.Abbott's difficult day yesterday when she struggled to explain how
:10:39. > :10:43.Labour would pay for its plans to recruit more police officers the
:10:44. > :10:46.Tories have piled in and produced a report listing what they say are all
:10:47. > :10:51.Labour's spending commitments. They've gone through various policy
:10:52. > :10:55.announcements by senior Labour figures since Jeremy Corbyn became
:10:56. > :11:02.leader and said this will cost voters ?45 billion. Labour has said
:11:03. > :11:08.that is alive. That many of these policies are simply not Labour
:11:09. > :11:12.policies. What does it tell us? It tells us that after Brexit taxing
:11:13. > :11:16.and spending is perhaps going to be the crunch issue in the election and
:11:17. > :11:20.secondly we won't be able to get at the calculators and work out how the
:11:21. > :11:24.different parties will cost us until they produce their manifestos.
:11:25. > :11:27.Norman Smith and Kevin Connelly Brussels, thank you both.
:11:28. > :11:29.Labour says it would suspend the planned closures of hospital
:11:30. > :11:32.services across England - if it wins the general election.
:11:33. > :11:34.The party says a reform process aimed at treating more patients
:11:35. > :11:36.in the community has created "mistrust and confusion".
:11:37. > :11:39.But the Conservatives say the NHS modernisation programme has been
:11:40. > :11:54.There have been protests against some of the reform plans
:11:55. > :11:56.including this demonstration outside a hospital in Oxfordshire
:11:57. > :11:58.where campaigners say services are under threat.
:11:59. > :12:01.Last year NHS England called on local health and council leaders
:12:02. > :12:04.to draw up plans for joined-up care with the aim of treating more
:12:05. > :12:07.patients in their communities rather than in hospitals.
:12:08. > :12:09.These sustainability and transformation plans
:12:10. > :12:17.Some involve hospital bed cuts with resources switched
:12:18. > :12:23.Labour's Jon Ashworth today at a meeting with activists
:12:24. > :12:25.in West Yorkshire, argues the process has been
:12:26. > :12:33.pressures and has caused widespread concern and confusion.
:12:34. > :12:36.Let's just halt them, let's just have a moratorium on them
:12:37. > :12:41.of them and when we reiew them let's involve the clinicians,
:12:42. > :12:43.but let's involve the people as well, the public,
:12:44. > :12:47.been cut out of the decisions and we don't think that's fair.
:12:48. > :12:50.The Conservatives said Labour had previously backed the plans
:12:51. > :12:52.which were supported by senior doctors and nurses.
:12:53. > :12:55.The Lib Dems said the purpose of the process was good
:12:56. > :12:57.but the Conservatives had starved the plans of the required funding.
:12:58. > :13:03.The Green Party has called on ministers to do more to tackle
:13:04. > :13:08.The government is due to publish its air quality plans
:13:09. > :13:11.within the next week, after it decided not to appeal
:13:12. > :13:18.The co-leader of the Green Party, Jonathan Bartley, said air pollution
:13:19. > :13:21.was linked to 40,000 early deaths every year, and any delay
:13:22. > :13:23.in tackling the issue was unacceptable.
:13:24. > :13:26.Political parties are taking to the streets in the last day
:13:27. > :13:32.of campaigning ahead of tomorrow's local elections.
:13:33. > :13:36.for grabs across England, Wales and Scotland.
:13:37. > :13:38.The poll will give voters a chance to deliver their verdicts
:13:39. > :13:41.on the main parties before the general election next month.
:13:42. > :13:42.There are also eight mayoral elections.
:13:43. > :13:45.And you can find out lots more about the local elections
:13:46. > :13:48.and the general election campaign on our website -
:13:49. > :13:56.Police investigating the murder of a man during a burglary
:13:57. > :14:02.at his home in Dorset have arrested three people.
:14:03. > :14:04.Guy Hedger was killed in the early hours of Sunday morning
:14:05. > :14:08.after intruders broke into his home in the village of St Ives, near
:14:09. > :14:10.Our correspondent Duncan Kennedy is there.
:14:11. > :14:18.Duncan. Police have allowed the media to move closer to the scene
:14:19. > :14:22.this morning. You can see Guy Hedger's has just over my shoulder.
:14:23. > :14:27.He was shot in the early hours of Sunday morning and taken to hospital
:14:28. > :14:32.where he later died of his wounds. A postmortem has confirmed that those
:14:33. > :14:35.wounds were inflicted by gunshot. In the last couple of hours Dorset
:14:36. > :14:37.Police have put out a statement saying they have made three arrests
:14:38. > :14:40.of people in Bournemouth, the arrests were made yesterday, the
:14:41. > :14:57.information has only come out in the last couple of hours. A
:14:58. > :14:59.41-year-old Bournemouth man arrested on suspicion of murder and
:15:00. > :15:00.aggravated burglary, a 44-year-old Bournemouth man and a 40-year-old
:15:01. > :15:02.Bournemouth woman arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit
:15:03. > :15:05.murder and to commit aggravated burglary. All three people we are
:15:06. > :15:06.told are being questioned by detectives. Those detectives say
:15:07. > :15:09.they are still looking for information from the public and if
:15:10. > :15:10.anyone has that information they should contact the police as as soon
:15:11. > :15:17.as possible. Britain's EU divorce bill -
:15:18. > :15:22.claims it could be 100 billion euros Scientists have discovered why Lulu,
:15:23. > :15:27.one of the UK's few killer Former long jump World
:15:28. > :15:34.Champion Mike Powell says it would be 'disrespectful' and 'a slap
:15:35. > :15:37.in the face' if world records set before 2005 are erased, under
:15:38. > :15:39.proposals from a European Athletics It is 10 years ago today that
:15:40. > :15:53.three-year-old Madeleine McCann went missing from a holiday apartment
:15:54. > :15:55.in the Portuguese village Her disappearance sparked a huge
:15:56. > :16:02.police search and worldwide attention which cast a shadow
:16:03. > :16:04.on the resort. But a decade later -
:16:05. > :16:06.despite extensive international inquiries - there've been no firm
:16:07. > :16:25.leads and the investigation Ten years ago tonight Kate McCann
:16:26. > :16:29.walked along there to the family apartment from restaurants to check
:16:30. > :16:34.on her children and relies to daughter had disappeared. Since then
:16:35. > :16:43.so much has been said and written, investigated, about the little girl
:16:44. > :16:46.who was known around the world just as Madeline. And nothing really has
:16:47. > :16:50.changed. I've been catching up with the mother and son who live around
:16:51. > :16:53.the corner, Jenny and Robert. Things that Jenny is all right here that
:16:54. > :16:56.night are now being reported to be a significant potential part of the
:16:57. > :16:59.investigation. Robert Murat you might remember was the first person
:17:00. > :17:01.to be treated as an official suspect although he has since been told he
:17:02. > :17:05.has absolutely no case to answer. Ten years since
:17:06. > :17:10.everything changed here. Ten years since a little girl
:17:11. > :17:14.vanished on a holiday It's unbelievable that nothing,
:17:15. > :17:20.there has been nothing. They haven't found the child,
:17:21. > :17:26.they haven't found anything. Jenny Murat remembers it
:17:27. > :17:29.like it was yesterday. She only lives a few
:17:30. > :17:31.yards from the block Back then she set up a stall
:17:32. > :17:36.outside, appealing for information. She never imagined that the case
:17:37. > :17:42.would still be unsolved a decade on. Everything you look at and you see
:17:43. > :17:51.all around you is... It connects somehow to the fact that
:17:52. > :17:56.a poor little girl disappeared. This week it has been claimed that
:17:57. > :18:02.on the night Madeleine disappeared a mystery woman was seen outside
:18:03. > :18:06.the family's apartment. Jenny told me she saw this woman,
:18:07. > :18:09.who is now reported to be a significant part
:18:10. > :18:13.of the investigation. I noticed her and she kind of looked
:18:14. > :18:18.as if she was trying to hide. I do remember that she was wearing
:18:19. > :18:21.a plum coloured top. For the first time,
:18:22. > :18:25.Jenny has also told us about a car she saw that night
:18:26. > :18:28.speeding towards the McCann's apartment, heading the wrong way
:18:29. > :18:35.down a one-way street. It was one of the small cars,
:18:36. > :18:38.like a rental car, the normal We just looked at each other
:18:39. > :18:50.and I think he had a very Ten years of
:18:51. > :19:02.unprecedented publicity. Ten years of appeals,
:19:03. > :19:10.but no answers. It has had a huge impact
:19:11. > :19:20.on my personality... Jenny's son Robert was the first
:19:21. > :19:24.to be named a suspect in the case. A decade on, his name may have been
:19:25. > :19:27.cleared, but he still cannot I just want to know
:19:28. > :20:20.why that was the case. It didn't only lead
:20:21. > :20:21.to me being destroyed, it led to my whole family
:20:22. > :20:21.being destroyed and affected And you are adamant that
:20:22. > :20:23.you were not there that night? Ten years ago this was just
:20:24. > :20:23.another sleepy village. Now it is the place where
:20:24. > :20:24.Madeleine disappeared. Panorama will be on BBC One
:20:25. > :20:25.at 9pm this evening. I just want to know
:20:26. > :20:26.why that was the case. You can see more on that story -
:20:27. > :20:27.on a special Panorama programme - Madeleine McCann: Ten Years On -
:20:28. > :20:30.Tonight at nine o'clock on BBC1. The supermarket giant Sainsbury's
:20:31. > :20:33.says its profits have fallen by more than eight percent in the past year
:20:34. > :20:36.as it warns of a 'challenging' trading market as well as
:20:37. > :20:38.unpredictability in the value The supermarket chain says
:20:39. > :20:42.it is trying not to pass on the increases to customers
:20:43. > :20:44.by putting up prices. Our Business Correspondent,
:20:45. > :20:46.Emma Simpson reports. Sainsbury's, these days there's more
:20:47. > :20:51.than the traditional deals. Last year, it bought Argos,
:20:52. > :20:55.delivering a big boost to earnings. It is doing well with sales up
:20:56. > :21:01.by more than 4.1% for the year but Sainsbury's sales were down
:21:02. > :21:03.by 0.6% and so too It has been an incredible year
:21:04. > :21:10.where we have seen lots and lots of changes and I expect
:21:11. > :21:13.the next year will show As I say, our job is to make sure
:21:14. > :21:19.we do all we can to mitigate Profits are down because we have
:21:20. > :21:23.seen pressures in our prices but we have also given our
:21:24. > :21:26.colleagues a 4% pay rise It has been a challenging year
:21:27. > :21:31.for all supermarkets, especially due to the fall
:21:32. > :21:37.in the pound. That's meant a big increase
:21:38. > :21:39.in the cost of getting our Supermarkets say they are doing
:21:40. > :21:44.the best to keep the lid on price rises but our food bills
:21:45. > :21:51.are on the up. What we are already seeing
:21:52. > :21:53.is shopping prices increasing for goods and services that we buy
:21:54. > :21:56.every week and that is tricky When they do we just go
:21:57. > :22:00.and shop somewhere else. The last time there was loads
:22:01. > :22:03.of price increases we stopped shopping in the main supermarkets
:22:04. > :22:05.and started shopping at discounters. Over the last couple of years,
:22:06. > :22:09.the big four retailers have worked hard to win those shoppers back
:22:10. > :22:12.and do not want to lose them now. Sainsbury's reckon these
:22:13. > :22:15.Argos stores will help. It has already got 59 of them
:22:16. > :22:18.in its main supermarkets and are rolling out several hundred
:22:19. > :22:21.more, a business that has taken a big change in direction
:22:22. > :22:30.to try to attract more shoppers. Mobile 4G connection
:22:31. > :22:33.in the UK varies wildly according to new research -
:22:34. > :22:36.with smartphone users only having access to it two thirds
:22:37. > :22:39.of the time on average. And it very much depends
:22:40. > :22:42.where you are in the country Our Technology Correspondent,
:22:43. > :22:54.Rory Cellan-Jones is here. It really depends from city to city.
:22:55. > :23:04.This data was collected for the consumer body Which. Measuring
:23:05. > :23:09.connections around the country. It found variations, they looked at the
:23:10. > :23:15.top 20 cities and at the top game Middlesbrough with 83% productivity
:23:16. > :23:19.and right at the bottom came Bournemouth where 60% was the
:23:20. > :23:23.figure. And London came pretty far down the list conveyed with
:23:24. > :23:26.Middlesbrough, at 74%. Overall putting in all the cities and the
:23:27. > :23:32.countryside the average amount of time people were connected to 4G was
:23:33. > :23:37.65%. So around two thirds, one third of the time people could not get a
:23:38. > :23:42.connection. It is annoying but why does it matter? We're trying to
:23:43. > :23:52.become an advanced, connected nation. Ofcom has set a target of
:23:53. > :23:54.90% coverage in peoples homes by the of 2017. Oft, has a slightly
:23:55. > :23:59.different method of measuring this, from that used by Which but it said
:24:00. > :24:03.there are currently about 71% on the way to that target. A long way to go
:24:04. > :24:06.and businesses will say that 4G connectivity is vital if we are to
:24:07. > :24:15.have a prosperous economy in the next decade.
:24:16. > :24:18.One of the UK's few killer whales - which died last year -
:24:19. > :24:20.was contaminated with "shocking" levels of a toxic
:24:21. > :24:24.The animal, called Lulu, was found dead on the Isle of Tiree.
:24:25. > :24:26.Tests revealed her body contained high levels of PCB,
:24:27. > :24:30.Our Science Correspondent, Rebecca Morelle reports.
:24:31. > :24:33.They are the UK's last killer whales.
:24:34. > :24:35.Found off the west coast of Scotland, today this pod
:24:36. > :24:47.Lulu was found dead on the shores of the inner Hebrides.
:24:48. > :24:51.She had become caught up in fishing line.
:24:52. > :24:54.This is Lulu's skull, this is the head...
:24:55. > :24:58.Her skeleton is now stored at the National museums Scotland.
:24:59. > :25:00.Tests showed she was heavily contaminated with man-made
:25:01. > :25:09.The levels that we found in Lulu were 20 times higher than the levels
:25:10. > :25:11.we would expect in citations that weren't suffering
:25:12. > :25:22.That puts her as one of the most contaminated animals on the planet.
:25:23. > :25:25.In killer whales the chemicals can stop the animal from bearing young.
:25:26. > :25:27.They harm the immune system and also the brain.
:25:28. > :25:30.For Lulu one theory is that PCBs may have severely
:25:31. > :25:32.impaired her intelligence, perhaps leading to her deadly
:25:33. > :25:48.Here in the laboratory, securing effective heat is shown...
:25:49. > :25:49.PCBs were once man-made wonder chemicals.
:25:50. > :25:51.Used in everything from plastics to electrics.
:25:52. > :25:55.But it was later discovered they were toxic and from the 1970s
:25:56. > :25:57.a series of bans around the world were put into place.
:25:58. > :26:03.Especially in landfill sites that contain the materials
:26:04. > :26:13.The chemicals are long-lasting, they do not break down easily.
:26:14. > :26:17.And it is estimated that there is still more than a million tonnes
:26:18. > :26:19.of contaminated material in Europe and this is leaching
:26:20. > :26:29.Some scientists say more needs to be done to clear PCBs
:26:30. > :26:36.But UK officials say levels are declining.
:26:37. > :26:38.The controls we have in place are working,
:26:39. > :26:41.it is just that they take a very long time to disappear.
:26:42. > :26:44.And they're probably disappearing into the sediment at the bottom
:26:45. > :26:48.of the sea and occasionally when that sediment is stirred up it
:26:49. > :26:52.So it is going to take a very long time for them
:26:53. > :26:57.PCBs are of global concern, but with so few killer
:26:58. > :27:00.whales left in the UK, it is a problem
:27:01. > :27:04.It is likely the rest of Lulu's pod is also heavily contaminated,
:27:05. > :27:16.Back now to the General Election - the campaign officially begins today
:27:17. > :27:18.after Paliament was dissolved at Midnight -
:27:19. > :27:22.which means every seat is now vacant until a new parliament is elected.
:27:23. > :27:26.The Prime Minister's in Downing Street at the moment
:27:27. > :27:29.but in just over an hour's time Theresa May will leave number 10
:27:30. > :27:32.and make the short trip to Buckingham Palace for an audience
:27:33. > :27:34.with the Queen to mark the dissolution of Parliament.
:27:35. > :27:36.So with just over a month now until the snap General
:27:37. > :27:40.Election on June 8th - what do people make of it and is it
:27:41. > :27:42.the issues or the personalities that will win their vote this time?
:27:43. > :27:46.Our correspondent Danny Savage has been to the Labour
:27:47. > :27:47.constituency of Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
:27:48. > :27:57.This could accurately be described as a traditional Labour voting area.
:27:58. > :27:59.But will this part of west Yorkshire stick with
:28:00. > :28:04.I'm voting for the Labour Party because I always thought
:28:05. > :28:08.they were best for the working class and people in need.
:28:09. > :28:11.And Jeremy Corbyn, I think he could do with a bit more backbone,
:28:12. > :28:17.but I think he's a good man and he needs to be given a chance.
:28:18. > :28:21.If they get rid of him, then I'll vote for them,
:28:22. > :28:30.I'll still vote Labour, yes, definitely.
:28:31. > :28:40.Ukip came second in this area in the 2015 general election.
:28:41. > :28:42.Its leader Paul Nuttall says where Ukip is strong
:28:43. > :28:46.So what do voters in Pontrefact today think?
:28:47. > :28:49.Last time I voted Ukip and personally, now,
:28:50. > :28:52.I think things are moving on and I don't think
:28:53. > :28:57.Do you think Ukip are a spent force now?
:28:58. > :29:03.And I personally think that it is only Theresa May that can
:29:04. > :29:11.It's not just a two-party contest, others will of course get votes too.
:29:12. > :29:14.This woman is going to vote for the Lib Dems.
:29:15. > :29:17.Their views, I tend to think that they are more stronger
:29:18. > :29:22.for the common person, let's say the working class person.
:29:23. > :29:27.Because I think we should start thinking more about the planet
:29:28. > :29:33.He's not like media savvy enough to get into power.
:29:34. > :29:37.So I think it's going to be a wasted vote if somebody does vote Labour.
:29:38. > :29:39.The runners and riders in the forthcoming general election
:29:40. > :29:41.here cannot officially be nominated until this Friday.
:29:42. > :29:45.But people are engaged, they are thinking hard,
:29:46. > :29:47.and they're not necessarily going to support the same party
:29:48. > :30:04.Our Assistant Political Editor Norman Smith is in Downing Street.
:30:05. > :30:10.Theresa May is off to see the Queen this afternoon. What will happen?
:30:11. > :30:18.Well most people probably thought the election was already underway.
:30:19. > :30:22.But officially at least the election does not get underway until Her
:30:23. > :30:26.Majesty announces the dissolution of parliament. That will happen this
:30:27. > :30:31.afternoon when Theresa May emerges and makes the short trip to
:30:32. > :30:34.Buckingham Palace to ask Her Majesty to dissolve parliament. She will
:30:35. > :30:41.then return to make a statement in Downing Street and from that moment
:30:42. > :30:45.on MPs are no longer MPs, they're simply candidates vying for your
:30:46. > :30:50.vote. Parliament has already shut up shop, no longer any debates
:30:51. > :30:54.legislation, civil servants will be barred from doing or saying anything
:30:55. > :30:58.which might in any way be interpreted as political. The
:30:59. > :31:02.election officially will have begun. With five weeks to go. Thank you.
:31:03. > :31:17.The weather is not treating as equally today, some of you may feel
:31:18. > :31:22.it is a little bit unfair. Across Scotland blue skies and sunshine but
:31:23. > :31:28.further east, the Wall Enda Brady all, a lot of cloud and some rain as
:31:29. > :31:33.well. The cloud has been marching on across South eastern areas. We had
:31:34. > :31:46.some Midlands through Wales, the Midlands and the South West but that
:31:47. > :31:46.tends to disappear this afternoon. The best of the brightness across
:31:47. > :31:47.northern England and especially Northern Ireland and Scotland.
:31:48. > :31:51.Although rather windy across the tops of the Pennines. And even with
:31:52. > :32:03.the sunshine temperatures of ten or 11 degrees along that eastern
:32:04. > :32:05.coastline. Some splashes of rain around and even inland,
:32:06. > :32:13.disappointing the cool as we go through the rest of the afternoon.
:32:14. > :32:21.But further west we have 20 degrees. But where we had the sunshine by
:32:22. > :32:26.day, we get clear skies overnight so some places could be cold enough for
:32:27. > :32:32.some frost. Further south but temperatures will hold up a little
:32:33. > :32:37.bit more, eight or 9 degrees in the town. Across Scotland in rural areas
:32:38. > :32:42.it could get down to freezing or attached below. A similar story
:32:43. > :32:48.tomorrow, the best of the sunshine in North areas. Further south,
:32:49. > :32:53.Wales, commit East Anglia, the South Coast, more in the way of cloud and
:32:54. > :32:59.the odd shower. Not quite as chilly as it is today perhaps. Friday looks
:33:00. > :33:03.similar with more clout in the south and brighter skies further north.
:33:04. > :33:08.But the wind really starts to pick up towards the South West, the sign
:33:09. > :33:13.of a change that will try to happen as we start off the weekend. Low
:33:14. > :33:17.pressure trying to come in from the South but high pressured to the
:33:18. > :33:21.north is pretty strong and will hold firm. So during the weekend
:33:22. > :33:27.especially after the North West of Scotland, plenty of sunshine.
:33:28. > :33:33.Further south Moor in the way of cloud and generally more cloud
:33:34. > :33:37.further south again. Generally dry and not feeling quite so chilly
:33:38. > :33:38.across the South East. Things turning just a little bit less
:33:39. > :33:40.unfair. A reminder of our main
:33:41. > :33:52.story this lunchtime. The EU chief negotiator Michel
:33:53. > :33:54.Barnier has warned the process will not be quick or easy and