:00:09. > :00:12.it accuses Russia of an armed invasion. Men with guns and Russian
:00:13. > :00:15.naval flags are now patrolling two airports in the Crimea region. A
:00:16. > :00:19.Russian frigate appears to be blockading a crucial port, also in
:00:20. > :00:31.Crimea. The ousted president speaks from Russia, vowing to return.
:00:32. > :00:34.TRANSLATION: I am eager and ready to fight for the future of the Ukraine.
:00:35. > :00:37.It's unclear whether Russia is orchestrating events. The Foreign
:00:38. > :00:39.Office has urged all Britons to leave the area.
:00:40. > :00:42.Also tonight: The serial killer who laughed as she was sentenced to life
:00:43. > :00:44.in prison without parole. The BBC learns last year's badger
:00:45. > :00:47.cull was ineffective and not sufficiently humane, according to
:00:48. > :00:51.the Government's own report. Washed up by this winter's storms,
:00:52. > :00:56.the bombs left over from World War II.
:00:57. > :00:57.And as far south as Jersey, the spectacular view of the northern
:00:58. > :01:05.lights. Victims of a serial rapist win the
:01:06. > :01:09.right to sue The Met for failures in the investigation.
:01:10. > :01:31.And an international crackdown on financial fraudsters.
:01:32. > :01:37.Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six. Tension is mounting in
:01:38. > :01:40.Ukraine as the ousted president, who hadn't been seen for days, has
:01:41. > :01:44.resurfaced in Russia and is vowing to fight against what he called a
:01:45. > :01:47.coup. The interim Ukrainian government has accused Russia of an
:01:48. > :01:49.armed invasion and occupation, as gunmen carrying Russian naval flags
:01:50. > :01:52.have begun patrolling airports in the region of Crimea, where the
:01:53. > :01:58.majority of the population are ethnically Russian. It's not clear
:01:59. > :02:04.who the men are at Simferopol and Sevastopol airports, nor who has
:02:05. > :02:06.ordered them to be there. And a Russian frigate is blockading the
:02:07. > :02:19.strategic Black Sea port of Balaklava. Our Moscow correspondent
:02:20. > :02:24.Daniel Sandford sent this report. Crimea's main connection to the
:02:25. > :02:28.outside world, today in the hands of men with machine guns. Simferopol
:02:29. > :02:32.International Airport in south-east Ukraine, but patrolled by men
:02:33. > :02:38.without markings on their uniforms and apparently loyal to Russia. The
:02:39. > :02:41.armed men, in green military uniforms, have taken over the
:02:42. > :02:48.building containing the control tower in Crimea's main civilian
:02:49. > :02:53.airport. All day, military trucks were on the move through Crimea.
:02:54. > :02:57.Although it is a region of Ukraine, Russia's Black Sea fleet are based
:02:58. > :03:01.here. Troops loyal to Moscow were in control of the main military airport
:03:02. > :03:06.near the port of Sevastopol, too. The new government in the Ukrainian
:03:07. > :03:11.capital, Kiev, said it was an invasion. But this woman, like many
:03:12. > :03:16.in Sevastopol, is suspicious of the new Kiev government and supported
:03:17. > :03:21.the Russian move. TRANSLATION: Who else can we turn
:03:22. > :03:26.to? Who can defend us? Thank goodness the Russian fleet is here
:03:27. > :03:29.to defend us. And then this Russian naval ship appeared at the entrance
:03:30. > :03:36.to the world-famous Balaklava Bay, another show of strength by the
:03:37. > :03:40.Russian Armed Forces. Ukraine appears to have lost control of the
:03:41. > :03:45.sea and the main airports in Crimea, a major strategic region. As
:03:46. > :03:50.the country fell apart, there were angry scenes in the national
:03:51. > :03:57.parliament, and the new security chief pointed the finger directly at
:03:58. > :04:00.Moscow. TRANSLATION: Crimean 's have nothing
:04:01. > :04:07.to do with events in Crimea. These are extremists, or military troops
:04:08. > :04:10.of the Black Sea forces. In Russia, the ousted Ukrainian president,
:04:11. > :04:14.Viktor Yanukovych, appeared in public for the first time since he
:04:15. > :04:17.fled last week. He said he was ashamed he had not been able to hold
:04:18. > :04:22.onto power juror in the Kiev uprising and apologised for failing
:04:23. > :04:28.to keep stability. -- juror in the uprising.
:04:29. > :04:34.TRANSLATION: I am eager and ready to fight for the future of the Ukraine.
:04:35. > :04:39.I was forced to leave and there are threats to my life and to people
:04:40. > :04:44.close to me. Power was taken by nationalist, fascist thugs who are
:04:45. > :04:48.in the minority in the Ukraine. Although Kiev has lost control of
:04:49. > :04:54.Crimea, including the main regional TV station, no shots have been
:04:55. > :04:59.fired. This is not yet a war, but Kiev has not moved to reassert
:05:00. > :05:03.control, and if it does, Moscow made it clear today that its troops are
:05:04. > :05:08.waiting. Daniel joins me from Sevastopol. An
:05:09. > :05:12.unconfirmed report has come in that four Russian air force transport
:05:13. > :05:19.aircraft, carrying hundreds of troops, have landed at Simferopol
:05:20. > :05:22.airport. Can you shed light on that? It was certainly known that flights
:05:23. > :05:25.in and out of the airport were stopped earlier this evening. There
:05:26. > :05:30.are not flights landing there at the moment. The news agency reporting
:05:31. > :05:36.this, one of the main Ukrainian news agencies, is usually reliable. It is
:05:37. > :05:39.saying four Russian transport planes with 700 men on board have landed
:05:40. > :05:43.and some personnel carriers have travelled from here to go and pick
:05:44. > :05:49.them up. We have not been able to verify that, but the news agency is
:05:50. > :05:52.normally quite reliable. The Foreign Office is warning British National
:05:53. > :05:56.is to avoid travelling to Crimea, and if they do come here, they
:05:57. > :06:01.should leave as soon as possible and by train, because that is probably
:06:02. > :06:08.the only way out at the moment. The White House is urging Moscow not to
:06:09. > :06:10.intervene in Russia and to preserve Ukraine's territorial integrity.
:06:11. > :06:13.Downing Street said the Prime Minister, David Cameron, spoke to
:06:14. > :06:19.President Putin in Russia today and President Putin promised to honour
:06:20. > :06:24.Ukrainian sovereignty, but we have seen influential Russian MPs in
:06:25. > :06:26.Crimea all week. And we know that many people in Crimea would like to
:06:27. > :06:32.be part of Russia and ever since Russia lost Crimea it has wanted it
:06:33. > :06:35.back. Thank you. Serial killer Joanne Dennehy has
:06:36. > :06:37.been sentenced to life in prison without parole for murdering three
:06:38. > :06:41.men and randomly selecting and attempting to kill two others. She
:06:42. > :06:43.laughed in court as the Judge described her as "a cruel,
:06:44. > :06:52.calculating, selfish and manipulative serial killer". Ed
:06:53. > :06:58.Thomas reports. A killer who was calm, confident and
:06:59. > :07:01.in control. Joanna Dennehy said she wanted to be famous and write a
:07:02. > :07:06.book. She took these pictures to celebrate her murders. Today, she
:07:07. > :07:11.arrived at court to be called a monster. In the dock, the judge said
:07:12. > :07:14.she was a cruel serial killer. Dennehy smiled before she was told
:07:15. > :07:19.she would spend the rest of her life in prison. The fact that she will
:07:20. > :07:24.never see daylight again in the outside world is a huge comfort for
:07:25. > :07:28.the family. Whilst I don't measure success of any investigation on
:07:29. > :07:31.prison time, in this case, the Dennehy, it is absolutely the right
:07:32. > :07:37.thing that she won't come out of prison. Dennehy, the court heard,
:07:38. > :07:44.had a thirst for blood. Last year she murdered her friend Lucas
:07:45. > :07:50.Slaboszewski. Today, the family gave this reaction. We miss him with each
:07:51. > :07:53.day that passes and although the sentence has been passed we will
:07:54. > :07:58.live with the legacy of the actions of Joanna Dennehy. By the time she
:07:59. > :08:02.killed, she had abandoned her children and was an alcoholic, using
:08:03. > :08:09.heroin and cannabis. The blade was no bigger than three inches, but she
:08:10. > :08:15.had had practice. This is Mark Lloyd. She forced him to watch as
:08:16. > :08:19.she stabbed two strangers. This CCTV shows him with the killer. She puts
:08:20. > :08:24.her arm around his neck. What you can't see is the knife hidden under
:08:25. > :08:28.her clothes. In his first TV interview, Mark Lloyd said he
:08:29. > :08:35.thought he would be the next to die. She wanted to kill someone, anyone,
:08:36. > :08:40.right there and then. But could she have been stopped? She was diagnosed
:08:41. > :08:45.a psychopath with several personality disorders. She would
:08:46. > :08:49.have been known to services. Someone has been prescribing medication to
:08:50. > :08:53.her. There is no question that she would have shown significant
:08:54. > :08:57.disturbance prior to these events. But predicting that someone is going
:08:58. > :09:04.to do something as horrific as this is an extremely difficult thing to
:09:05. > :09:08.do. The court was told she killed because she wanted to see how it
:09:09. > :09:12.felt. In the dock, she laughed and swore at the judge as she revealed
:09:13. > :09:18.that he told a psychiatrist that killing was moreish, and after her
:09:19. > :09:21.first murder, she wanted more. Joanne Dennehy will never be
:09:22. > :09:30.released. A murderer who said killing was fun.
:09:31. > :09:33.Two women who were sexually assaulted by a London taxi driver
:09:34. > :09:37.have won compensation from the Metropolitan and for failures in its
:09:38. > :09:41.investigation. He was jailed for life in 2009 for a series of rapes
:09:42. > :09:45.and sexual assaults over six years. The women brought their challenge
:09:46. > :09:47.under the human rights act, in a case which could pave the way for
:09:48. > :09:50.similar claims. They were hugely controversial last
:09:51. > :09:53.year and now BBC News understands that badger culls carried out in
:09:54. > :09:56.west Somerset and Gloucestershire were ineffective and insufficiently
:09:57. > :10:02.humane. That's according to the Government's own official report.
:10:03. > :10:07.The culls had a target of killing 70% of the badgers within six weeks.
:10:08. > :10:11.In fact they killed less than half. They also had a target of no more
:10:12. > :10:15.than 5% of the badgers taking more than five minutes to die, and that
:10:16. > :10:18.target was missed too. Our science correspondent Pallab
:10:19. > :10:25.Ghosh sent this exclusive report from West Gloucestershire.
:10:26. > :10:30.It is thought that badgers pass TB onto cattle, and that they are a
:10:31. > :10:35.source of an epidemic that is slowly spreading across the country. Last
:10:36. > :10:41.year, the government allowed licensed marksman, here training, to
:10:42. > :10:45.shoot them. Culls were organised in parts of Gloucestershire and
:10:46. > :10:48.Somerset. Now, the government's own assessment has shown that in their
:10:49. > :10:53.first year there have been no risks to public safety but in other
:10:54. > :10:56.respects, they have failed. Professor Rosie Woodroffe warned
:10:57. > :11:02.that if too few badgers were killed, TB rates in cattle may actually
:11:03. > :11:05.increase. And she says now, ministers should scrap plans to
:11:06. > :11:10.extend the culls to other parts of the country. Both farmers and
:11:11. > :11:14.government should be scratching their heads and wondering if it is
:11:15. > :11:18.even worth going forward with these culls, let alone recruiting new
:11:19. > :11:23.areas. Because it is so costly, and the benefits are likely to be
:11:24. > :11:27.minimal. TB has been devastating cattle farms across the south-west.
:11:28. > :11:32.Farmers believe that culling would be essential to eventually
:11:33. > :11:35.eradicating the disease. So rather than abandoning the culls, they want
:11:36. > :11:43.to learn lessons from them, so that they can do a better job in the
:11:44. > :11:47.future. Go on. Andrew cousins is a dairy farmer in Gloucestershire. He
:11:48. > :11:55.has had TB on his farm before and it has hit his business card. An
:11:56. > :11:59.average of 3000 up to ?5,000. Each time we have to go through winter
:12:00. > :12:03.keeping extra cattle. That is money off the bottom line the end of the
:12:04. > :12:11.day. We have two culls some of the wildlife. It is a no-brainer. It has
:12:12. > :12:15.to be done. No two ways about it. The government has said it plans
:12:16. > :12:18.more badger cull is to help farmers such as Andrew, but its own
:12:19. > :12:23.scientific assessment has raised serious concerns, and there are also
:12:24. > :12:27.worries about the humaneness of the policy. The British Veterinary
:12:28. > :12:34.Association says it may even withdraw support if it feels too
:12:35. > :12:37.many badgers are suffering too much. The leader of the UK Independence
:12:38. > :12:40.Party, Nigel Farage, has said he is taking a "mega gamble" by predicting
:12:41. > :12:44.his party could win the European elections in May. At his party
:12:45. > :12:48.conference in Torquay, he also told the BBC that he was very proud of
:12:49. > :12:53.taking votes from the British National Party. He was speaking to
:12:54. > :12:56.our Deputy Political Editor, James Landale, who has just sent this
:12:57. > :13:05.report. This report contains some flash photography.
:13:06. > :13:12.Some may be old, some unsteady on their feet, some perhaps even a
:13:13. > :13:16.little eccentric. Nice day for a lovely conference. But never let it
:13:17. > :13:20.be said that UKIP members lack confidence. Richter scale seven
:13:21. > :13:29.political earthquake is going to shake up the country. 48 party once
:13:30. > :13:33.dismissed as fruitcakes and loonies is now growing faster than any
:13:34. > :13:37.other. They can abuse us as much as they want. The more they throw at
:13:38. > :13:40.us, the more people vote for us. That is why he is telling his party
:13:41. > :13:45.not only might they win most votes at the European elections, but also
:13:46. > :13:49.a good number of MPs at the next general election. And if they do not
:13:50. > :13:54.win any, he would resign. This is the moment we have waited for. This
:13:55. > :13:57.is it. This is the big one for UKIP. Together, we can achieve
:13:58. > :14:04.something remarkable in these European elections. We can top those
:14:05. > :14:08.polls. He told them their party was changing, broadening its appeal, and
:14:09. > :14:13.yes, involving more women and younger people. I have always loved
:14:14. > :14:18.being among UKIP people. It is great fun, like being in dad 's Army. Some
:14:19. > :14:22.members continue to embarrass the leadership, recently won blaming the
:14:23. > :14:26.floods on gay marriage, but this is a party with a spring in its step,
:14:27. > :14:31.and a leader not afraid of raising expectations. I want us to get back
:14:32. > :14:37.pride and self respect in who we are. If that means taking a gamble
:14:38. > :14:40.on the European elections, so be it. But why gamble by reclaiming a
:14:41. > :14:45.slogan once used by the British National Party? If you take the
:14:46. > :14:49.total UKIP vote, the percentage that comes from the BNP is very small,
:14:50. > :14:54.and I am very proud we take those votes of the BNP. We have actually
:14:55. > :14:57.smashed them by saying to people, if you believe immigration should be
:14:58. > :15:02.controlled but you do not hate everybody, both Russ and not for
:15:03. > :15:08.them. It has worked. It is a message some locals liked, but not all. Will
:15:09. > :15:12.you vote for UKIP? No. They are too right wing and I don't agree with
:15:13. > :15:18.their policies on immigration. Do you share her views? Certainly not.
:15:19. > :15:26.I would definitely vote for UKIP. Would you vote for UKIP? No, they
:15:27. > :15:29.are barking mad. The car parks are full, and they are not shy of
:15:30. > :15:36.letting people know why they are here. Our top story this evening:
:15:37. > :15:43.The interim Ukrainian government has accused Russia of an armed invasion.
:15:44. > :15:46.And still to come, the multi millionaire who rescued Cardiff City
:15:47. > :15:51.on why he won't allow his critics to force him out. Later on BBC London:
:15:52. > :15:53.Jailed for manslaughter - the parents who denied their child
:15:54. > :15:56.medical care for religious reasons. And the Olympic Gold medallist
:15:57. > :16:12.returning to his east end roots to help inspire the next generation of
:16:13. > :16:14.rowers. Every year the Royal Navy deals with dozens of unexploded
:16:15. > :16:17.bombs and artillery rounds across the UK but this winter's
:16:18. > :16:19.unprecedented storms have sparked a sharp rise in call-outs. This time
:16:20. > :16:22.last year the specialist diving squadron safely disposed of 108
:16:23. > :16:25.munitions. But, this winter, that number rose to 244 - mostly small
:16:26. > :16:28.mortars and shells just 3-5 inches long, exposed by the huge waves
:16:29. > :16:31.along the south-west coast of England. In a BBC exclusive, Claire
:16:32. > :16:46.Marshall has been on patrol with the naval divers charged with making our
:16:47. > :16:53.coastline safe. This is what the winter storms have exposed. A 500
:16:54. > :16:58.pound World War II depth charge. It has become dangerous to walk on the
:16:59. > :17:03.beaches here. On the south coast of Britain, more world war bonds are
:17:04. > :17:12.being discovered than ever before. Here in Devon, this couple were out
:17:13. > :17:16.for a Sunday walk when this is what they found. I was suspicious because
:17:17. > :17:23.of the shape of it. It was sticking out of the sand and looked like a
:17:24. > :17:29.missile. Welcome to the unit that handles these emergencies. We were
:17:30. > :17:33.given exclusive access to this training exercise. From taking the
:17:34. > :17:37.call to leaving the base, they have 30 minutes and they do not know what
:17:38. > :17:41.they will find when they get there. This is one of dozens of shells that
:17:42. > :17:47.they have made safe along the coastline this week. To do this they
:17:48. > :17:54.have to learn how to get up close. At the base in Portsmouth, this is a
:17:55. > :18:01.test lake. They call them the human minehunters. The diver approaches
:18:02. > :18:09.the missile and wraps it in plastic explosives. This is the team
:18:10. > :18:16.detonating a German mind. The explosive is usually high quality.
:18:17. > :18:24.The Germans are good engineers. We do not know if the weapons are
:18:25. > :18:31.viable into we get our team on site. This makes rebuilding smashed flood
:18:32. > :18:34.defences very risky. Around the UK coastline there are still hundreds
:18:35. > :18:43.of thousands of tonnes of old munitions still to be found. The
:18:44. > :18:46.chief executive of the group which owns British Airways has said a vote
:18:47. > :18:48.in favour of Scottish independence would probably be a "positive"
:18:49. > :18:51.change for the airline. Willie Walsh of International Airlines Group said
:18:52. > :18:53.the Scottish Government's plans to abolish air passenger duty
:18:54. > :18:59.recognised the huge impact the tax had on the economy. Our Scotland
:19:00. > :19:03.correspondent Lorna Gordon is at Glasgow Airport for us now. Coming
:19:04. > :19:13.after the comments by Standard Life, this must be a welcome move for the
:19:14. > :19:21.pro-independence campaign? Yes, absolutely. The bosses of a couple
:19:22. > :19:25.of good businesses have told how independence may impact on their
:19:26. > :19:30.companies. Standard Life said they had concerns and said they would
:19:31. > :19:36.want to see agreements on financial regulation or they will have two
:19:37. > :19:42.lose some jobs. Willie Walsh, whose company is headquartered in London,
:19:43. > :19:47.said that his company had no concerns and no contingency plans.
:19:48. > :19:52.He said: Yes vote would be a positive development why? He is a
:19:53. > :20:00.hard-nosed businessmen and does not like airline duty, that tax we pay
:20:01. > :20:05.when we get on and airline. -- when we get on an airline. In the event
:20:06. > :20:12.of independence, they would like to cut back tax in half and eventually
:20:13. > :20:17.abolish it. They say that only independence would give Scotland the
:20:18. > :20:21.powers to boost business. I think, over the next few weeks and months,
:20:22. > :20:25.we will see other companies declaring their hands in this
:20:26. > :20:31.debate. Thank you. The Green Party leader
:20:32. > :20:34.has used her Spring Conference speech to re-enforce her party's
:20:35. > :20:37.opposition to fracking. Natalie Bennett told supporters in Liverpool
:20:38. > :20:40.that opposing the controversial gas extraction method would put their
:20:41. > :20:43.party on the "same side of the argument" as the British public.
:20:44. > :20:48.He's one of the most controversial figures in British football. The
:20:49. > :20:51.multi millionaire owner of Cardiff City has sacked the club's manager
:20:52. > :20:54.and changed the players' strip. But the Malaysian business tycoon
:20:55. > :20:57.Vincent Tan has told the BBC he thinks the vast majority of fans
:20:58. > :21:05.support him. David Ornstein's exclusive report contains some flash
:21:06. > :21:11.photography. He saved Cardiff City from financial ruin, but much of the
:21:12. > :21:17.good will that Vincent Tan has gained has been lost. He changed the
:21:18. > :21:25.shirt from blue to red and also the manager. It is farewell and thank
:21:26. > :21:36.you. 90% of the fans are supportive. The problem is that 10%
:21:37. > :21:39.who are not supportive and they should regret what they have done to
:21:40. > :21:51.me. Some of them should apologise to me. They can be a little bit racist
:21:52. > :21:55.and unfair. It is a different story in his home country of Malaysian
:21:56. > :22:00.where he is regarded as a hero. As you know, I bought Cardiff City
:22:01. > :22:07.football club. Sometimes I wonder why I did it. His relationship with
:22:08. > :22:11.British football has been turbulent but it is hoped that this level of
:22:12. > :22:24.support can be repeated in the Welsh capital and Premier League. Right
:22:25. > :22:30.now, I will stay unless the fans annoy me and then I will leave. You
:22:31. > :22:34.made one of the most controversial decisions in football history when
:22:35. > :22:44.you changed the colour of the shirt. You will not change it back? No way.
:22:45. > :22:53.I like blue. Perhaps if I am bought out, they can change it to blue.
:22:54. > :22:59.Scenes of celebration have been replaced by controversy at Cardiff.
:23:00. > :23:06.Vincent Tan is hoping to turn that around and relaunch his reputation.
:23:07. > :23:09.It's a stunning natural phenomenon that is rarely visible from anywhere
:23:10. > :23:12.in the UK apart from the remotest parts of Scotland. But last night
:23:13. > :23:15.the aurora borealis - or Northern Lights - put on a spectacular
:23:16. > :23:19.display that was seen as far south as Jersey. It gave thousands of us a
:23:20. > :23:26.rare chance to witness one of nature's most magical events, as
:23:27. > :23:29.Duncan Kennedy reports. When you think of the Northern Lights, you
:23:30. > :23:37.probably imagine the Arctic Circle, not this road. That is where
:23:38. > :23:44.17-year-old astronomer Tom has been viewing this spectacular sight.
:23:45. > :23:50.Right here in Woking, in Surrey, in the heart of the South. It is
:23:51. > :23:53.amazing, really. I did not think I would see the Northern Lights from
:23:54. > :23:58.my hometown. It is a once-in-a-lifetime event. For
:23:59. > :24:03.several nights, this is what some astronomers have been treated to,
:24:04. > :24:08.the aurora borealis, a stunning light show which shoots beams of
:24:09. > :24:13.colours across the sky. It is not just here in leafy Surrey that the
:24:14. > :24:17.lights have been seen. They have been viewed in Essex,
:24:18. > :24:21.Gloucestershire and Wiltshire. It is the first time they have been seen
:24:22. > :24:26.in a quarter of a century. They are the result of charged particles
:24:27. > :24:38.streaming of the sun and colliding with the Earth 's atmosphere. If you
:24:39. > :24:42.get more charged particles, you do not just get the Northern Lights in
:24:43. > :24:48.the south, you get them further down. You can see them at much lower
:24:49. > :24:55.latitudes. Northern Britain has not been left out of this. There is
:24:56. > :25:00.still another nights to witness them. Southern Britain may have to
:25:01. > :25:08.wait until 2040 until it gets another glimpse of this solar show
:25:09. > :25:13.stopper. Time for a look at the weather... Here's Alex Deakin. Will
:25:14. > :25:17.be get a repeat of last night's of events? No, I do not think so.
:25:18. > :25:26.Clearer skies but the aurora borealis is not in evidence tonight.
:25:27. > :25:29.She will provide some other rare elements, though. There will be
:25:30. > :25:36.frost and for the patches tomorrow morning. There will be sunny spells
:25:37. > :25:41.on Saturday, just a few showers, and rain will spill in on Sunday. Some
:25:42. > :25:48.rain will move away from the East first off. It will take a while,
:25:49. > :25:54.lingering over Hampshire. A dry night, turning clear, and cold.
:25:55. > :25:58.Temperatures in towns and cities hovering above freezing. It may lead
:25:59. > :26:02.to things turning icy in the South, particularly where we had the wet
:26:03. > :26:06.weather during the day. Misty and murky weather fog patches are. They
:26:07. > :26:11.should clear away and then it will be a bright enough day on Saturday.
:26:12. > :26:15.Cloud in the West with some scattered showers, and cloudy across
:26:16. > :26:22.the South East with some showers lingering. Elsewhere, something a
:26:23. > :26:27.bit brighter. Cloud across Wales, scattered showers. Sunny spells for
:26:28. > :26:31.the Midlands and North East England and most of Scotland. Western
:26:32. > :26:35.Scotland there could be some showers and we see this band of rain moving
:26:36. > :26:47.away from Northern Ireland. That could turn wet around tea-time. As
:26:48. > :26:51.this clears, it turns cold, and again there is the risk of ice for
:26:52. > :26:56.Sunday morning. Temperatures just above freezing but in rural areas
:26:57. > :27:00.there will be a frost. A chilly start to Sunday with some rain to
:27:01. > :27:04.move away to the East. Writer for northern England and Scotland is,
:27:05. > :27:09.before the next band rain arrives, which will bring a wet ends to the
:27:10. > :27:13.weekend. Temperatures are a bit higher but it will be cold in the
:27:14. > :27:21.morning. This weekend is the first weekend of March which is the first
:27:22. > :27:26.weekend of spring. Thank you. A reminder of our main story... We are
:27:27. > :27:37.getting reports of developments in the South of the country. What can
:27:38. > :27:42.you tell us? It does appear that the airspace over the Crimean peninsula
:27:43. > :27:50.has been closed. The biggest airline in the country has complained that
:27:51. > :27:55.it has not been a -- able to land planes in the main airport in the
:27:56. > :28:03.south. A flight from Istanbul was closed. -- cancelled. For Russian
:28:04. > :28:13.aircraft landed in Crimea with 700 men aboard. Those reports cannot be
:28:14. > :28:17.confirmed and our colleagues at the airport have not seen this but there
:28:18. > :28:22.are numerous military airports on the peninsula so that does not mean
:28:23. > :28:27.that these reports are not true. Associated Press has seen armed
:28:28. > :28:36.personnel carriers moving across the peninsula today. The risen a lot of
:28:37. > :28:37.military activity in the area tonight. That is all from