:00:10. > :00:13.to persuade Russia to back down over Ukraine. Russian, American and EU
:00:14. > :00:23.foreign leaders meet for the first time since the crisis began. Today
:00:24. > :00:25.we are trying to use every diplomatic opportunity to bring
:00:26. > :00:29.Russia and Ukraine into direct contact with each other at a senior
:00:30. > :00:32.level. In Crimea, Ukrainian sailors are stranded on their ships,
:00:33. > :00:37.desperate families send in food supplies. We'll bring you the latest
:00:38. > :00:41.on the talks in Paris and the situation on the ground in Crimea.
:00:42. > :00:44.Also tonight, the EU law that may force RBS and Lloyds to relocate to
:00:45. > :00:49.London if Scotland becomes independent.
:00:50. > :00:52.While many on the Somerset Levels still battle the floods, a ?100
:00:53. > :00:56.million plan to prevent it happening again.
:00:57. > :01:00.New guidelines on how much sugar we should be eating, less than the
:01:01. > :01:03.equivalent of a can of coke a day. And it's fast, it's dangerous and
:01:04. > :01:10.she can hardly see - the British Paralympic skier hoping for a medal
:01:11. > :01:13.at Sochi. Tonight on BBC London: The free schools struggling to find
:01:14. > :01:16.suitable sites. This head's been told to open on an industrial
:01:17. > :01:18.estate. And anger towards the police over a man with learning
:01:19. > :01:38.difficulties who was allegedly assaulted by officers.
:01:39. > :01:43.Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six. It's been a day of
:01:44. > :01:49.intense diplomacy over Ukraine as ministers from the US and Europe all
:01:50. > :01:53.try to persuade Russia to back down. As the diplomats met in Paris for
:01:54. > :01:55.the first direct talks since the crisis began, the European Union
:01:56. > :01:59.offered a multi-billion aid package to Ukraine. On the ground in eastern
:02:00. > :02:02.Ukraine, pro and anti-Russian demonstrators have been tussling
:02:03. > :02:06.over control of the main government building in Donetsk. In Crimea,
:02:07. > :02:11.Russia has tightened its grip on key military facilities. Ukrainian
:02:12. > :02:14.troops are barricaded inside. Sailors from the Ukrainian navy
:02:15. > :02:17.based in Sevastopol are being prevented from leaving their ships
:02:18. > :02:26.and tonight some are running out of supplies. Our correspondent Daniel
:02:27. > :02:31.Sandford sent this report. The first sign that the Russians
:02:32. > :02:35.were tightening further their stranglehold on Ukraine's small
:02:36. > :02:41.navy. Russian troops taking up new positions overlooking a Ukrainian
:02:42. > :02:47.military dock. We climbed down to see what was happening and found two
:02:48. > :02:58.of Ukraine's most sophisticated fighting ships blockaded in the Bay
:02:59. > :03:04.and overlooked by a Russian sniper. On the dock, we found a tearful
:03:05. > :03:17.woman talking on the phone to her husband just 20 metres away. The
:03:18. > :03:23.ship do not come closer in case it is stormed by the Russians.
:03:24. > :03:26.TRANSLATION: On the commander of the fleet came to the ship and said he
:03:27. > :03:32.would storm hit, it was a bit frightening. War is a very
:03:33. > :03:35.frightening thing. On these heavily armed ships, the sailors have
:03:36. > :03:40.resorted to the medieval methods of defending themselves. You can see
:03:41. > :03:46.the Ukrainian sailors have put mattresses over the railings to stop
:03:47. > :03:50.the Russians throwing grappling irons and boarding the ship. The
:03:51. > :03:56.entire Ukraine AV is stuck in the harbour, the sailors have to watch
:03:57. > :04:03.Russian warships coming and going at will. What would happen if you've
:04:04. > :04:06.tried to leave the harbour? There could be a clash between the ships,
:04:07. > :04:13.navigation accident which could result in casualties. Then two men
:04:14. > :04:15.in black coats arrived. They remonstrated with the officers on
:04:16. > :04:21.the ship for a Ukrainian navy statement which had called the
:04:22. > :04:24.Russian president a liar. The Ukrainians stood their ground and
:04:25. > :04:33.complained about the armed men surrounding them. I am the only one
:04:34. > :04:37.who has a weapon, said the most senior officer. I have given up
:04:38. > :04:42.everything else. I have the one pistol to protect the crew. This
:04:43. > :04:46.evening a small boat came ashore to resupply the ships. Blockaded in
:04:47. > :04:55.their own harbour at the Ukrainians are preparing for a long siege. The
:04:56. > :04:58.key diplomatic meetings have been taking place in Paris this afternoon
:04:59. > :05:02.and our diplomatic correspondent Bridget Kendall is there for us now.
:05:03. > :05:07.Is there any sign the talks are going to bring this crisis to an end
:05:08. > :05:12.any time soon? Not any time soon. This is a bit of a gamble today. It
:05:13. > :05:16.is the first time these Western powers, the US, Britain, France and
:05:17. > :05:23.Germany were able to have the foreign ministers meet the Russian
:05:24. > :05:27.Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov since the crisis got so momentous and
:05:28. > :05:30.turned into a full-blown international crisis. The good news
:05:31. > :05:35.is they met and they had proper talks. They met at lunchtime and the
:05:36. > :05:39.US Secretary of State and the Russian Foreign Minister Bernard had
:05:40. > :05:44.their own talks. There may be more talks going on now possibly into the
:05:45. > :05:48.evening. The not so good news is that in the words of one diplomat,
:05:49. > :05:52.it has been a very difficult conversation. What the Western
:05:53. > :05:57.powers wanted was ideally to get the Russians to agree to talk to the new
:05:58. > :06:02.Ukrainian government directly. The new Ukrainian Foreign Minister was
:06:03. > :06:08.here in Paris just in case. That did not happen. It seems on other issues
:06:09. > :06:18.too pulling Russian troops back in the Crimea, it has been very slow
:06:19. > :06:22.progress. The BBC has learned that both Royal Bank of Scotland and
:06:23. > :06:24.Lloyds may be forced to move their headquarters to London if Scotland
:06:25. > :06:26.votes for independence. It's all because of a European Union
:06:27. > :06:29.directive which stipulates that companies must locate their head
:06:30. > :06:32.offices where the bulk of their business is. Let's talk to our
:06:33. > :06:36.business editor Robert Peston. Tell us more. What I have discovered is
:06:37. > :06:41.that banks and regulators have only recently become aware of a very
:06:42. > :06:45.interesting EU law that was passed in 1995. As you say, what it
:06:46. > :06:51.stipulates is that banks have to have their homes where they run
:06:52. > :06:55.themselves, where their head offices are and where the bulk of their
:06:56. > :06:59.operations. Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds have their homes in
:07:00. > :07:03.Scotland. But the bulk of their operations are in England. The EU
:07:04. > :07:11.law probably means that within hours of a yes vote they would have to
:07:12. > :07:14.move their homes from Scotland down to London. The interesting question
:07:15. > :07:21.for me is what effect it will have on the battle over Scotland's
:07:22. > :07:27.future. Those in favour of the UK staying together will argue that
:07:28. > :07:31.independence means that some highly skilled and valuable jobs would
:07:32. > :07:36.automatically move away from Scotland, were the Scots to vote for
:07:37. > :07:39.independence. But I do not think it is all bad news for Alex Salmond who
:07:40. > :07:44.was very much in favour of independence. There are enormous
:07:45. > :07:51.liabilities attached to these banks. They have balance sheets of ?1.9
:07:52. > :07:56.trillion, something like 15 times the value of the Scottish economy,
:07:57. > :08:00.is GDP. It means that were these banks to get into trouble again,
:08:01. > :08:05.they could not really be bailed out by Scottish taxpayers. That is no
:08:06. > :08:08.longer a worry for Alex Salmond because they are definitely going to
:08:09. > :08:13.be, according to the EU, our responsibility in England, not a
:08:14. > :08:21.Scottish response political if Scotland goes for independence. A
:08:22. > :08:25.?100 million draft plan seen by the BBC has been drawn up to prevent a
:08:26. > :08:27.repeat of the severe flooding of the Somerset Levels. The proposals from
:08:28. > :08:30.the county council, Environment Agency and local residents include
:08:31. > :08:33.raising a number of vulnerable roads and building a tidal barrier near
:08:34. > :08:36.the town of Bridgewater. Jon Kay is on the Somerset Levels for us now.
:08:37. > :08:43.Jon. Yes, six weeks ago when the flood
:08:44. > :08:47.water was at its deepest and the political blame game was at its
:08:48. > :08:51.height, the Environment Secretary Owen Paterson stood here and gave
:08:52. > :08:57.the local people six weeks to come up with a plan to save the Somerset
:08:58. > :09:01.Levels for the future. Tomorrow he will get the plan on his desk. I
:09:02. > :09:06.have seen it and it is long and expensive, a wish list, basically.
:09:07. > :09:14.What people want to know is how much of it will actually be put into
:09:15. > :09:20.effect? Ten weeks on and the road is still a river. Villagers still
:09:21. > :09:28.relying on military vehicles and boats to get them in and out. Two
:09:29. > :09:33.hours to get a bottle of milk. Yes, that is it. As he heads home from
:09:34. > :09:39.the shops, Nigel is glad to hear that the 20 year plan includes a
:09:40. > :09:46.proposal to raise the road here to stop it flooding again. Make the
:09:47. > :09:51.rail -- it would make a real difference. Shuttling backwards and
:09:52. > :10:00.forwards, spending hours a day buying a pint of milk. Raising the
:10:01. > :10:03.road is just one of dozens of proposals in the document ministers
:10:04. > :10:08.will receive tomorrow. It aims to prevent a repeat of this winter's
:10:09. > :10:16.crisis. 40 square miles of Somerset were swamped and 150 homes flooded.
:10:17. > :10:19.The plan proposes more pumps as well as dredging the rivers and even a
:10:20. > :10:26.barrage to protect the town of Bridgwater. Heartbreaking. This home
:10:27. > :10:31.was one of those that flooded and today the repair work began in his
:10:32. > :10:35.cottage. He welcomes all of the ideas in the 20 year plan but he
:10:36. > :10:40.wonders if they will ever come to anything. Next year will be a
:10:41. > :10:45.different government. It might be the same party, but it will be
:10:46. > :10:50.different people. Will they stick to whatever has been promised? Who
:10:51. > :10:54.knows. The plan is basically a wish list. If ministers rubber-stamp the
:10:55. > :10:59.whole thing it would cost more than ?100 million and there is little
:11:00. > :11:05.detail in it over who would play. 250 miles away they also had major
:11:06. > :11:09.flooding before Christmas, they hope any public money will be shared and
:11:10. > :11:16.Somerset will not get special treatment. I need it -- they need it
:11:17. > :11:25.but we need it as well. It is for everybody. As I say, they are in a
:11:26. > :11:29.worse state than us. The 20 year plan for the Somerset Levels will be
:11:30. > :11:33.on the Prime Minister's desk tomorrow morning. Last month he said
:11:34. > :11:37.money would be no object in helping Britain recover from the floods.
:11:38. > :11:45.This ?100 million wish list will test his commitment.
:11:46. > :11:48.The former boss of News International, Rebekah Brooks, has
:11:49. > :11:51.denied covering up the extent of phone hacking at the News of the
:11:52. > :11:54.World. In court, Mrs Brooks admitted knowing since 2006, when she was
:11:55. > :11:57.editor of the Sun, that there were many more victims of hacking than
:11:58. > :12:01.her company had admitted. But she told the trial that, at the time,
:12:02. > :12:04.she had no reason to believe hacking had been carried out by anyone other
:12:05. > :12:08.than a single rogue reporter. Mrs Brooks denies all the charges.
:12:09. > :12:11.A South African boxer has told the Oscar Pistorius murder trial that
:12:12. > :12:15.the athlete fired a loaded gun in a restaurant last year and then asked
:12:16. > :12:18.him to take the blame. The incident happened in January last year, just
:12:19. > :12:22.weeks before Mr Pistorius shot his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. He
:12:23. > :12:32.claims he mistook her for an intruder. Andrew Harding's report
:12:33. > :12:35.contains flash photography. Relatives gardening Oscar Pistorius
:12:36. > :12:41.on his way into court this morning as the prosecution continues to
:12:42. > :12:48.build a case against him -- guarding. This professional boxer
:12:49. > :12:54.Kevin Arena, the first witness to appear on camera. -- Kevin Lerena.
:12:55. > :13:00.He described an incident at a restaurant a month before Oscar
:13:01. > :13:05.Pistorius shot dead Reeva Steenkamp. The athlete fired a friend's gun
:13:06. > :13:09.under one of these tables, seemingly by accident. Then allegedly he asked
:13:10. > :13:14.the friend to take the blame. I remember him saying, apologising, is
:13:15. > :13:21.everybody OK? I remember him saying, please, say it was you, I do not
:13:22. > :13:28.want any attention. Said it was you. This is a murder trial so it
:13:29. > :13:34.may seem strange to be discussing a separate comparatively minor
:13:35. > :13:40.incident. It gives the prosecution a unique opportunity to raise
:13:41. > :13:45.questions about his character. Discharging a gun under the table,
:13:46. > :13:48.trying to ask his friends to be compromised in the process, they are
:13:49. > :13:53.painting a picture of Oscar Pistorius. It was not all bad for
:13:54. > :14:00.Oscar Pistorius today. His lawyer picked holes in the vital evidence
:14:01. > :14:04.of two neighbours. It is nonsense. They said they heard a woman scream
:14:05. > :14:12.before the gunshots, contradicting Oscar Pistorius's version of events.
:14:13. > :14:19.It is a man's life at stake. Let us look at other possibilities.
:14:20. > :14:24.Today's restaurant revelations may prove damaging to Oscar Pistorius
:14:25. > :14:27.but his team has shown signs of the formidable research it has done to
:14:28. > :14:40.prove he did not mean to kill Reeva Steenkamp. Our top story this
:14:41. > :14:43.evening. Russian blockades strand Ukrainian sailors in Crimea as the
:14:44. > :14:46.high levels talks to resolve the crisis continue. Still to come...
:14:47. > :14:47.The 13-year-old Preston schoolboy who's carried out a nuclear
:14:48. > :14:57.experiment. On BBC London. More of the world's
:14:58. > :15:02.super rich are coming to the capital and buying houses like this. And
:15:03. > :15:04.designer Vivienne Westwood joined a protest in south London over people
:15:05. > :15:14.being told they can no longer stay in a council homes.
:15:15. > :15:19.Eating too much sugar can lead to obesity, heart disease, cancer and
:15:20. > :15:22.other health problems. Now the World Health Organisation is changing its
:15:23. > :15:25.guidance on the maximum amount of added sugar we should have in our
:15:26. > :15:29.diet. Until now, its experts said that no more than 10% of a person's
:15:30. > :15:32.daily food intake should be in the form of added sugars. Today it's
:15:33. > :15:37.suggested the limit should be halved to 5%. For an adult, that's the
:15:38. > :15:41.equivalent of less than one can of coke. So how would that work in
:15:42. > :15:46.practice, and could we stick to it? Our health correspondent, Dominic
:15:47. > :15:50.Hughes, has more details. The amount of sugar in our food has become one
:15:51. > :15:54.of the most controversial issues in health, and it's not just the
:15:55. > :16:00.obvious sugary snacks either. Added sugar is found in all sorts of food
:16:01. > :16:03.you don't expect. The World Health Organisation's proposals will mean a
:16:04. > :16:08.drastic cut in the recommended amount of sugar we consume every
:16:09. > :16:12.day. Why does this matter? Well, the World Health Organisation is an
:16:13. > :16:15.incredibly influential body, setting the benchmark for different
:16:16. > :16:19.government's health policies across the globe. But for all of us, doing
:16:20. > :16:24.the right thing when it comes to food is not always as easy as it
:16:25. > :16:28.should be. Charlotte Simpson is a busy mum who wants to give her two
:16:29. > :16:32.children a healthy diet. She prepares most of the family meals,
:16:33. > :16:37.but sometimes time is against her. So she resorts to tens and jars. She
:16:38. > :16:42.wants the manufacturers to be much more honest about what in their
:16:43. > :16:46.products. If I was cooking this myself, would I put sugar in? If
:16:47. > :16:51.it's a cake, yes. If it's pasta sauce, no, I'm not putting sugar in
:16:52. > :16:58.it. I want them to make what I would make at home if I had time. I want
:16:59. > :17:02.them to put in ingredients that are normal wholesome ingredients and not
:17:03. > :17:08.fill it up with junk. The point about added sugar is in most cases
:17:09. > :17:12.it just isn't necessary. Experts say it is simply extra calories that
:17:13. > :17:16.feeds growing levels of obesity. And there are some simple ways to cut
:17:17. > :17:22.down on our sugar intake by going back to basics. The obvious things
:17:23. > :17:29.are cut -- to cakes, biscuits, sweets, soft drinks. Having real,
:17:30. > :17:33.fresh food, cooking your own, like great grandmother used to live.
:17:34. > :17:37.Leading supermarkets and food producers have signed up to the
:17:38. > :17:41.Government's responsibility deal, voluntary agreements to cut calories
:17:42. > :17:46.in their products. The UK's biggest supermarket chain, Tesco, says it
:17:47. > :17:49.has already done a lot, putting sugar in soft rings and offering
:17:50. > :17:54.low-calorie products. Its chief executive admits much more needs to
:17:55. > :17:59.be done. We need a level playing field. Everybody needs to raise
:18:00. > :18:03.their game to a certain standard. We've got the responsibility deal
:18:04. > :18:07.and have signed up to more of the conditions than anybody, but I think
:18:08. > :18:11.we don't want to just wait for legislation, we've got to act now.
:18:12. > :18:16.Health campaigners saved cutting our sugar intake can be done. They point
:18:17. > :18:20.to the success in reducing levels of salt in food. Now sugar is in the
:18:21. > :18:27.firing line. Dominic Hughes, BBC News. The BBC is to axe its digital
:18:28. > :18:31.channel BBC Three. It's the first time the BBC has moved to cut an
:18:32. > :18:33.entire channel as part of its drive to cut costs. Many of the
:18:34. > :18:36.programmes, which are aimed predominantly at a younger audience,
:18:37. > :18:40.will be shown on BBC iPlayer instead. Our media correspondent,
:18:41. > :18:47.David Sillito, has more. Hello, welcome to BBC Three for another
:18:48. > :18:53.wild evening of telly. Is it a Welsh thing? Gavin Stacey was a ratings
:18:54. > :18:57.and critical hit. Sergeant Wilson carried his boss on board. Our war
:18:58. > :19:07.about soldiers in Afghanistan was award-winning. What about this?
:19:08. > :19:12.Good. And where else would you find something like this? But cuts are
:19:13. > :19:16.needed. BBC Three as a TV channel is facing close down. Behind this
:19:17. > :19:20.decision, and need to cut ?100 billion. However, even if you cut
:19:21. > :19:24.all the programmes on BBC Three, that would still only be 90 million.
:19:25. > :19:28.The plan is to shift the brand to the iPlayer. But the problem is that
:19:29. > :19:37.the station reaches parts of Britain that the rest of the BBC struggles
:19:38. > :19:40.to reach, especially young people. One in four young adult watches BBC
:19:41. > :19:43.Three, and they are watching on television. Only around 4%
:19:44. > :19:48.viewership is done at the moment through iPlayer. Young people,
:19:49. > :19:53.though, are watching less and less television, a drop of 20% over the
:19:54. > :19:57.last four years. They are turning to other devices. So is this the
:19:58. > :20:01.answer, make fewer, better programmes and show them where the
:20:02. > :20:04.young are, online? If you were to pick any service that you could
:20:05. > :20:09.safely move online without losing the audience it is probably this
:20:10. > :20:15.one, because in so far as the audience are young, they are much
:20:16. > :20:21.more likely to follow that format. And there are shows that some older
:20:22. > :20:24.and more conservative BBC viewers and staff really think the
:20:25. > :20:28.corporation should not be making. But when it comes to reaching big
:20:29. > :20:32.young and less affluent, BBC Three scores well will stop cutting
:20:33. > :20:36.production and shifting its best programmes online may save money but
:20:37. > :20:44.it's a gamble with an important part of the audience. Downing Street has
:20:45. > :20:47.denied suppressing a report which apparently suggests that immigration
:20:48. > :20:52.has less of an impact on British jobs than first feared. Ministers
:20:53. > :20:55.had said that every 100 new arrivals from outside the European Union left
:20:56. > :20:58.23 British people without a job. That number is now in dispute.
:20:59. > :21:00.Labour and the Liberal Democrats are calling for the report to be
:21:01. > :21:06.published. Our deputy political editor, James Landale, is in Downing
:21:07. > :21:11.Street. This is potentially rather embarrassing, what more can you tell
:21:12. > :21:15.us? Economists have argued for years over the impact of immigration on
:21:16. > :21:19.jobs, and they don't always agree. A couple of years ago, the Home
:21:20. > :21:23.Secretary, Theresa May, seized on the conclusions of one particular
:21:24. > :21:26.group of independent experts who estimated that when the economy is
:21:27. > :21:31.struggling, every time 100 immigrants come here from outside of
:21:32. > :21:40.the EU, about 23 Brits don't get a job as a result. But there's a new
:21:41. > :21:41.bit of analysis doing the rounds in Whitehall that challenges that
:21:42. > :21:45.analysis. According to at least one source, it shows there is relatively
:21:46. > :21:49.little evidence of any impact of UK workers losing their jobs as a
:21:50. > :21:52.result of immigration. That report has not been published. Labour and
:21:53. > :21:56.the Lib Dems are accusing the Government sitting on it because
:21:57. > :22:00.they believe will be unhelpful and undermine the Government's
:22:01. > :22:04.rationales for tough economic curbs. Downing Street had said they are not
:22:05. > :22:08.sitting on it and it will be published shortly. The Home Office
:22:09. > :22:13.has challenged the idea that this new report in any way threatens the
:22:14. > :22:16.original analysis. This tells us that immigration remains a hugely
:22:17. > :22:23.sensitive issue for the coalition and both sides are now fighting hard
:22:24. > :22:26.over what the latest data shows. The Winter Paralympics get under way in
:22:27. > :22:29.Sochi this Friday and the British Paralympic team will be hoping for
:22:30. > :22:31.their first ever gold medal. 28-year-old Kelly Gallagher, from
:22:32. > :22:34.Bangor, Northern Ireland, is one of the team's brightest hopes. She is
:22:35. > :22:37.visually impaired and skis with the help of her guide, Charlotte Evans.
:22:38. > :22:40.As Kate Grey, herself a former Paralympian, reports, it may look
:22:41. > :22:48.terrifying but the pair are full of confidence. Skiing down an icy
:22:49. > :22:54.mountain at 60 mph is scary enough, but Kelly Gallagher does it blind.
:22:55. > :22:59.And with guide, Charlotte Evans, she is dreaming of Paralympic gold.
:23:00. > :23:03.Sometimes we are skiing so high in the mountains that it is all white.
:23:04. > :23:09.When Charlotte comes into my frame of view, all I see is the orange and
:23:10. > :23:13.I chased down the mountain. The relationship between skier and guide
:23:14. > :23:17.is crucial. Technology also plays its part, the pair communicate by a
:23:18. > :23:23.microphone on the slopes. But success depends on trust. So for the
:23:24. > :23:28.guide in particular there is a lot of responsibility. There's no room
:23:29. > :23:33.for error. It's going to fast and there's too much happening for error
:23:34. > :23:39.to happen, so I have to make sure I've got it down and sorted. Kelly
:23:40. > :23:43.and Charlotte are competing in five events in Sochi over the technical
:23:44. > :23:46.slalom and ski disciplines. Their recent performances suggest they
:23:47. > :23:52.represent Britain's best chance of a first medal on the snow in 20 years.
:23:53. > :23:57.She has put in a gutsy performance... Four years ago in
:23:58. > :24:01.Vancouver, Kelly came fourth and sixth with a different guide. But
:24:02. > :24:06.with Charlotte, the medals have come thick and fast. They won their first
:24:07. > :24:11.world title last year in Sochi and in January added another three World
:24:12. > :24:18.Cup gold. Now the focus is on a successful return to Russia. Every
:24:19. > :24:22.season has had a different goal. Sometimes we reached it and
:24:23. > :24:26.sometimes it's taken a bit longer, but we are feeling pretty good about
:24:27. > :24:31.it. We've put our heart and soul into this and will continue to do
:24:32. > :24:35.with that in Sochi. The challenge for the Paralympics is to continue
:24:36. > :24:39.the momentum established in London. For the British team, their aim is
:24:40. > :24:42.to follow the success of their Olympic counterparts, with Kelly
:24:43. > :24:49.Gallagher and Charlotte Evans leading the way. Conducting nuclear
:24:50. > :24:53.experiments is not something you'd normally associate with 13-year-old
:24:54. > :24:56.school boys. But Jamie Edwards, from Penwortham Priory Academy in
:24:57. > :24:58.Preston, has done exactly that, becoming the youngest person ever to
:24:59. > :25:05.carry out the task. Our correspondent Danny Savage was there
:25:06. > :25:10.and lived to tell the tale. A school classroom in Preston isn't the first
:25:11. > :25:15.place you'd expect to find a nuclear reactor but, yes, this is a
:25:16. > :25:20.13-year-old who's built one. Jamie Edwards today attempted to become
:25:21. > :25:24.the youngest person ever to smash two hydrogen atoms together, making
:25:25. > :25:30.helium through nuclear fusion. Folks, can I ask you to leave? It's
:25:31. > :25:34.not without its risks, so the room was cleared, although we did leave
:25:35. > :25:41.the camera running. And after a few minutes... I heard the geiger
:25:42. > :25:45.counter rapidly go up and thought, what is that? I looked over and the
:25:46. > :25:51.neutron counter was up of scale nearly. I thought, it must have done
:25:52. > :25:55.it, that is neutrons, I can't believe it! His mum watched on from
:25:56. > :26:00.outside, hoping practical science didn't turn into horrible histories.
:26:01. > :26:04.Relief that he's safe and all right and he's achieved what he wanted to
:26:05. > :26:11.achieve. Feeling really relieved at the moment. Radiation is measured
:26:12. > :26:14.with a geiger counter. A couple of Christmases ago, Jamie spent all his
:26:15. > :26:16.Christmas money on buying a geiger counter. He has since gone on to
:26:17. > :26:21.develop this project to become the youngest fusioneer in the world. The
:26:22. > :26:25.previous record was held by a 14-year-old in America. Jamie turns
:26:26. > :26:30.14 this weekend, so he had to get it done today. And for his next trick,
:26:31. > :26:38.Jamie plans are many Hadron Collider. Danny Savage, BBC News,
:26:39. > :26:40.Preston. Time for a look at the weather. We must have missed that
:26:41. > :26:48.class, nuclear fusion! The weather is set to change for the
:26:49. > :26:52.better. We've been looking back at the appalling last three months'
:26:53. > :26:56.weather we've had, but finally settled weather is on the way. We've
:26:57. > :27:00.got a big area of high pressure moving in. It will sit right across
:27:01. > :27:13.the UK for a good part of next week. It will be dry and at times quite
:27:14. > :27:18.warm. Ahead of that, we do have some rain coming. Quite misty on the
:27:19. > :27:21.hills. Temperatures holding up underneath that cloud but dipping
:27:22. > :27:25.away at the end of the night across northern Scotland and dipping for a
:27:26. > :27:29.time early in the night under clear skies across the south-east. At 8am
:27:30. > :27:35.tomorrow, it's a grey affair for Wales, south-west England and much
:27:36. > :27:44.of the Midlands. Outbreaks of rain in the West, a glimmer of brightness
:27:45. > :27:48.in the far South East. Really dull, dismal and damp across Northern
:27:49. > :27:52.Ireland, much of northern England, southern Scotland, too. Further
:27:53. > :27:54.north and you have some early brightness for the Northern
:27:55. > :28:00.Highlands. The temperatures close to freezing in places. The rain moves
:28:01. > :28:04.northwards across Scotland through the day. Turning heavy at times
:28:05. > :28:10.across western parts. Rain is on and off all day for Northern Ireland,
:28:11. > :28:13.western England and Wales. But a glimmer in the south east once
:28:14. > :28:18.again, where temperatures will reach 13 or 14 degrees. A brief incursion
:28:19. > :28:23.of cold air for many of us on Friday, but it doesn't last. Watch
:28:24. > :28:27.this. As we go into the weekend, lovely, warm air pushing in from the
:28:28. > :28:31.south across most of the UK. Temperatures in some places up into
:28:32. > :28:33.the mid-teens. All the signs are we've got some fine weather to come
:28:34. > :28:43.next week. Russian blockades are stranding
:28:44. > :28:47.Ukrainians in crime era, as the high-level talks to resume the
:28:48. > :28:49.crisis continue.