:00:09. > :00:15.Union impose sanctions against top Russian officials. EU foreign
:00:16. > :00:17.ministers say officials backing the break-away Crimean region will face
:00:18. > :00:24.travel bans and see their assets abroad frozen. America also imposes
:00:25. > :00:28.sanctions. The international community will continue to stand
:00:29. > :00:33.together to impose any violations of the Ukrainian sovereignty and
:00:34. > :00:35.continued Russian military intervention in Ukraine will only
:00:36. > :00:39.deepen Russia's diplomatic isolation. It's the worst threat to
:00:40. > :00:41.east west relations since the Cold War. We'll have the latest.
:00:42. > :00:44.Also tonight, Mick Jagger's long term girlfriend, fashion designer
:00:45. > :00:48.L'wren Scott is found dead in her apartment.
:00:49. > :00:50.The mystery of flight MH 370, investigators say the co-pilot was
:00:51. > :00:57.the last person to speak to ground controllers.
:00:58. > :01:01.Backing from the government after a new report says plans for HS2 should
:01:02. > :01:04.be speeded up. It happened in less than a
:01:05. > :01:14.trillionth of a second after the big bang. New evidence about the start
:01:15. > :01:17.of the universe. Tonight on BBC London: Back on
:01:18. > :01:19.track, anger as plans for a massive redevelopment of Euston station are
:01:20. > :01:22.unveiled again. And walking free from court, a
:01:23. > :01:41.former mafia boss living in London wins his appeal against extradition.
:01:42. > :01:47.Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six. First the diplomacy,
:01:48. > :01:50.then the warnings and now the action. America and the European
:01:51. > :01:52.Union have announced sanctions against senior Russian officials
:01:53. > :01:57.who've backed Ukraine's break-away Crimean region. Today Crimea's
:01:58. > :01:59.parliament has declared its independence and decided to join
:02:00. > :02:02.Russia. It follows yesterday's referendum in Crimea in which
:02:03. > :02:10.officials say 97% of voters chose to leave Ukraine. The United States and
:02:11. > :02:14.the European Union say the vote broke international law. So now
:02:15. > :02:17.they've announced travel bans and asset freezes against a number of
:02:18. > :02:23.top officials from Russia and Ukraine. In a moment, more of
:02:24. > :02:25.today's diplomacy from our correspondent Bridget Kendall. But
:02:26. > :02:37.first, this report from Daniel Sandford in the Crimean capital,
:02:38. > :02:42.Simferopol. Under the statue of Lenin in the
:02:43. > :02:46.centre of the Crimean capital, they were still celebrating yesterday's
:02:47. > :02:52.referendum. A vote to break away from Ukraine and join Russia, a vote
:02:53. > :02:56.that has plunged Europe into crisis. In the Crimean parliament, the first
:02:57. > :03:04.stage was to declare independence from Ukraine. From there, the Prime
:03:05. > :03:07.Minister flew straight to Moscow to formally ask President Vladimir
:03:08. > :03:12.Putin to annex Crimea to the Russian Federation. Russian troops and
:03:13. > :03:17.armour still surround the Ukrainian Armed Forces in premier but the
:03:18. > :03:23.Ukrainian defence Minister insisted that there will be no retreat.
:03:24. > :03:27.TRANSLATION: Crimea was, is and will be a Ukrainian territory. Our
:03:28. > :03:33.military will stay there and we will solve this problem in a peaceful and
:03:34. > :03:37.diplomatic way. We drove north from Simferopol to a strategic town near
:03:38. > :03:43.where Crimea joins the Ukrainian mainland. They are, we found a new
:03:44. > :03:48.Russian military base and a mobile radar station on what had been a
:03:49. > :03:55.disused airfield until a fortnight ago. Far from relaxing, the Russians
:03:56. > :04:01.are reinforcing what may soon be a disputed border with Ukraine. Then,
:04:02. > :04:07.a group of men claiming to be from the People's militia asked us to
:04:08. > :04:11.leave. Although the referendum is now over, there is still a huge
:04:12. > :04:15.Russian military presence in Crimea. All day, we have been
:04:16. > :04:21.filming trucks coming and going on the main road from Crimea to
:04:22. > :04:28.mainland Ukraine. In this small town near the base, people were also
:04:29. > :04:33.salivating. Alexi, a freelance writer, was helping his parents on
:04:34. > :04:36.their market stall and hopes that Crimea's moved back into the Russian
:04:37. > :04:43.fold will improve the economy. We believe in one thing, in a better
:04:44. > :04:48.life in future. Not as part of Ukraine. But the price that will be
:04:49. > :04:53.paid for the future is an international crisis. Months or even
:04:54. > :04:59.years of uncertainty and a new stand-off between Russia and the
:05:00. > :05:01.West. Announcing the sanctions, President
:05:02. > :05:05.Barack Obama said there was a still a chance for diplomacy to work, but
:05:06. > :05:09.one of his officials said the measures were the toughest since the
:05:10. > :05:20.Cold War. Here's our diplomatic correspondent, Bridget Kendall.
:05:21. > :05:25.At last night's euphoria, now the consequences. In Crimea, the
:05:26. > :05:32.referendum results to break away from Ukraine was for Russian
:05:33. > :05:38.speakers a cause for celebration. But in Kiev and the West, it is an
:05:39. > :05:45.illegal move and must be resisted. So both EU and the United States
:05:46. > :05:48.today new sanctions. The international community will
:05:49. > :05:53.continue to stand together to oppose any violation of Ukrainians
:05:54. > :05:55.offertory and territorial integrity and continued Russian military
:05:56. > :06:00.intervention in Ukraine will only deepen Russia's diplomatic
:06:01. > :06:05.isolation. These sanctions are aimed at those closely involved in trying
:06:06. > :06:11.to split off Crimea from Kiev. Travel bans on those behind the
:06:12. > :06:14.Russian military build-up and asset freezes. European sanctions on 21
:06:15. > :06:19.people and 11 named by the Americans, including a deputy
:06:20. > :06:25.Russian Prime Minister, the ousted Ukrainian president, Viktor
:06:26. > :06:30.Yanukovych, and Crimea's separatist leaders. And there is a warning of
:06:31. > :06:32.more sanctions to follow. In Moscow, one of the officials targeted
:06:33. > :06:36.dismissed the sections as political blackmail. President Putin's
:06:37. > :06:40.reaction will come in a big speech he is giving tomorrow. In the
:06:41. > :06:43.meantime, his government have laid out of conditions for negotiation
:06:44. > :06:52.and made clear that it backs Crimea's call to reunite with
:06:53. > :06:56.Russia. TRANSLATION: I expect the majority of the Ukrainian population
:06:57. > :07:00.will respect this convincing result. So what does Russia wants? Well,
:07:01. > :07:06.firstly, constitutional reform, to devolve powers to Ukraine's Russian
:07:07. > :07:10.speaking regions. And a cast-iron UN guaranteed that Ukraine will stay
:07:11. > :07:15.neutral and not join the EU or NATO. It also once Russian language to be
:07:16. > :07:19.given equal status to Ukrainian. So far, so good, but Russia also
:07:20. > :07:23.insists that Crimea's referendum vote to leave Ukraine must be
:07:24. > :07:28.respected and there is no way that either the West or Kiev will agree
:07:29. > :07:34.to that. Already, it has been ruled out by Ukraine's acting president.
:07:35. > :07:39.We are ready for talks with Russia, he said today, but we will never
:07:40. > :07:42.accept the annexation of our territory. So all Ukraine can do is
:07:43. > :07:49.dig in to protect its borders from further incursions as tensions with
:07:50. > :07:51.Russia set to escalate. The fashion designer and girlfriend
:07:52. > :07:55.of Mick Jagger, L'Wren Scott, has been found dead at her apartment in
:07:56. > :07:58.New York. She was 49 and was found hanged this morning. She'd been in a
:07:59. > :08:03.relationship with the Rolling Stones singer for about 13 years. A
:08:04. > :08:16.spokesman said he was "completely shocked and devastated". Our Arts
:08:17. > :08:21.Correspondent David Sillito reports. L'wren Scott had been a model,
:08:22. > :08:23.stylist and, in recent years, a successful fashion designer. She had
:08:24. > :08:29.shown collections at London Fashion Week. Elegant, articulate, the
:08:30. > :08:33.epitome of upmarket glamour. Our business is expanding in Europe and
:08:34. > :08:37.the Middle East, moving into Asia. However, today her body was found in
:08:38. > :08:41.her New York apartment. Initial reports say that she was found with
:08:42. > :08:50.a scarf around her neck, attached to a door. Born in Utah in the states,
:08:51. > :08:56.at six, she towered over her partner of the last 13 years, Mick Jagger.
:08:57. > :09:00.He is today in Perth, Australia, appearing for concerts with the
:09:01. > :09:03.Rolling Stones. A spokesman said he was completely shocked and
:09:04. > :09:07.devastated by the news. As first wife, Bianca Jagger, said she was
:09:08. > :09:12.heartbroken. Tributes come from friends and fellow designers are
:09:13. > :09:14.describing her as a talented artist and giving friend.
:09:15. > :09:20.Let's speak to our Correspondent Nick Bryant who's in New York. This
:09:21. > :09:28.story only broke in the last couple of hours. What more can you tell us?
:09:29. > :09:32.Her body was found at 10am this morning, four hours ago, by her
:09:33. > :09:36.personal assistant. She had received a text message from L'wren Scott
:09:37. > :09:40.reportedly saying come round and when she did, she opened the door
:09:41. > :09:45.with her own key and found her lifeless body. And a scarf was
:09:46. > :09:50.attached to a door knob. The theory that the police is working under is
:09:51. > :09:55.that this is a tragic suicide. There is no sign of foul play, no sign of
:09:56. > :09:59.a suicide note either. She is known as Mick Jagger's girlfriend but none
:10:00. > :10:04.as well as a very successful fashion designer here with a celebrity
:10:05. > :10:10.clientele. Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Nicole Kidman, Angelina
:10:11. > :10:16.Jolie. Tributes pouring in from the fashion industry in Chelsea, where
:10:17. > :10:20.she has her luxury apartment. Only last month, five minutes from here,
:10:21. > :10:25.we were stood outside the apartment of the actor, Philip Seymour
:10:26. > :10:28.Hoffman. The authorities in Malaysia now
:10:29. > :10:33.believe the final message from the airliner that disappeared nine days
:10:34. > :10:37.ago was made by the co-pilot. 26 countries are now involved in the
:10:38. > :10:40.search which extends from Central Asia to the Indian Ocean. From Kuala
:10:41. > :10:44.Lumpur, Rupert Wingfield-Hayes sent this report.
:10:45. > :10:50.These are the last pictures of the captain and the co-pilot of flight
:10:51. > :10:54.MH370, going through security minutes before boarding the plane.
:10:55. > :11:00.Today, we learned that it is this man, the co-pilot, Fariq Abdul
:11:01. > :11:04.Hamid, who was in control of the aircraft moments before it
:11:05. > :11:13.disappeared. The initial investigation indicates that it was
:11:14. > :11:17.the co-pilot. He spoke the last time it was recorded on tape. Just two
:11:18. > :11:23.minutes after freak Abdelhamid made that last call, the plane's
:11:24. > :11:28.transponder was switched off and flight MH370 disappeared from radar
:11:29. > :11:33.screens. In the last few days, the focus of suspicion has been very
:11:34. > :11:37.much on the captain of flight MH370 but following today's revelations,
:11:38. > :11:40.the focus appears certain to switch here. Behind me is the house where
:11:41. > :11:48.27-year-old Fariq Abdul Hamid lived with his parents. Across the street
:11:49. > :11:53.is the mosque where he prayed. He is not the only suspect. This man's
:11:54. > :11:59.son, an aircraft engineer flying to a new job in Beijing, is also being
:12:00. > :12:04.investigated. For the families, the tortured wait for information drags
:12:05. > :12:09.on and on. And the area that must be searched only continues to grow.
:12:10. > :12:13.North, it stretches across western China to the shores of the Caspian
:12:14. > :12:18.Sea. To the south, from Indonesia, almost to the Antarctic. Analysts
:12:19. > :12:24.say that this mystery is unprecedented in aviation history. I
:12:25. > :12:31.think it was very well-planned. They knew what was there and what routes
:12:32. > :12:35.to go to. They practised it even. Whoever has planned this is well
:12:36. > :12:39.ahead of us. And we do not yet know where it is. It is going to be very
:12:40. > :12:43.challenging to be able to figure this out. Today, the Chinese Navy
:12:44. > :12:47.began stocking up for the long voyage into the Indian Ocean. There
:12:48. > :12:52.are now 26 countries involved in this search but whoever took the
:12:53. > :12:58.plane has left them almost no trail to follow.
:12:59. > :13:00.Confusion still surrounds the exact circumstances under which the
:13:01. > :13:07.communication system was turned off on flight MH370. A satellite company
:13:08. > :13:10.in London was the last to make contact with the systems on board
:13:11. > :13:12.the aircraft. Our Transport Correspondent Richard Westcott has
:13:13. > :13:22.been tracing the plane's last movements.
:13:23. > :13:29.March the 8th, approaching one in the morning local time. And take off
:13:30. > :13:35.at Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 climbs over the city.
:13:36. > :13:38.Nothing is a mess. We're just over half an hour into the flight,
:13:39. > :13:42.approaching the east coast of Malaysia, and this is where the
:13:43. > :13:54.first thing happened. One of the aircraft's commune occasion
:13:55. > :13:56.systems, called ACARS, was deliberately switched off. It is a
:13:57. > :14:03.simple process if you know your way around the clock ticked -- cockpit.
:14:04. > :14:07.At 20 past one, someone, thought to be the co-pilot, radio is the
:14:08. > :14:10.aircraft's final message to the leasing Air Traffic Control. All
:14:11. > :14:15.right, good night. Seemingly innocuous. Does it all the clue that
:14:16. > :14:20.something wasn't right? Normally they would have given the aircraft
:14:21. > :14:25.callsign of 370 and acknowledged the new frequency given by the control
:14:26. > :14:32.in Vietnam, and continued with the new frequency, followed by good
:14:33. > :14:34.night to Malaysia. Shortly afterwards, another important
:14:35. > :14:38.communication system, the transponder, is also apparently
:14:39. > :14:46.deliberately switched off. Malaysia military radar then seized the
:14:47. > :14:51.aircraft turnaround. Seas. The trail leads to a control room in London
:14:52. > :14:55.and a satellite network that helps aircraft to communicate. This is the
:14:56. > :14:58.area covered by the satellite over the Indian Ocean. You can see here
:14:59. > :15:05.will Asia and Vietnam, and the search area is around about here.
:15:06. > :15:09.The aircraft automatically took to a -- talked to a satellite for seven
:15:10. > :15:14.more hours proving it was either flying or have landed and kept the
:15:15. > :15:18.power on. If the ground machine has not heard from a particular unit
:15:19. > :15:22.over a set period of time, usually around about an hour, then it will
:15:23. > :15:27.send out a message saying, are you there? The machine will then receive
:15:28. > :15:31.that message if it is powered up, and it will send back a simple
:15:32. > :15:36.handshake, saying yes, I am. The fact that only one satellite saw
:15:37. > :15:40.this flight means that they cannot pinpoint an exact position. At 11
:15:41. > :15:49.minutes past eight, the aircraft fell silent. Our top story this
:15:50. > :15:51.evening. EU foreign ministers and America have imposed sanctions
:15:52. > :15:57.against top Russian officials over the crisis in Crimea. And still to
:15:58. > :16:08.come. Preparing to leave after 13 years. Britain's military role in
:16:09. > :16:12.Afghanistan draws to a close. Later on BBC London, the controversial car
:16:13. > :16:17.ban aimed at cutting pollution in Paris. We ask whether a similar
:16:18. > :16:19.scheme would work here? And one primary school macro-brother
:16:20. > :16:27.hands-on approach to lessons in food and finance.
:16:28. > :16:33.Work on the HS2 high speed rail link needs to start earlier, be carried
:16:34. > :16:37.out more quickly and go further. That's according to the new head of
:16:38. > :16:40.the project. Sir David Higgins wants the first phase of HS2, originally
:16:41. > :16:49.planned to end at Birmingham in 2026 to continue to Crewe by 2027, six
:16:50. > :16:51.years ahead of schedule. The second phase of HS2, to Leeds and
:16:52. > :16:57.Manchester could then be completed by 2030 instead of 2033. Our Chief
:16:58. > :17:06.Economics Correspondent Hugh Pym reports from Crewe. Crewe goes about
:17:07. > :17:09.its business on a day when the town has been offered a chance to play a
:17:10. > :17:13.key role in the high-speed rail project. It could now become a major
:17:14. > :17:19.hub on the route north of Birmingham. Crewe always has been a
:17:20. > :17:23.railway town but nothing like what it was in the steam age. High-speed
:17:24. > :17:29.rail offers the chance of a new departure. Phase one of the HS2
:17:30. > :17:31.project currently covers London to Birmingham but the boss wants it
:17:32. > :17:37.extended to Crewe, which, as things stand, is part of phase two. He
:17:38. > :17:43.thinks a significant new transport hub could be created there. Crewe
:17:44. > :17:46.has historically been a railway town and for good reason because it's got
:17:47. > :17:49.the North Wales services, Liverpool, West Coast and if we can have one
:17:50. > :17:52.integrated station that connects those to HS2, plus the A500 just
:17:53. > :17:57.south of it, it's a good location for a big interchange. It's an
:17:58. > :18:05.enticing prospect for local businesses in Crewe. Like this
:18:06. > :18:09.engineering firm. It modifies and fits out commercial vans for use in
:18:10. > :18:11.the catering industry. For our business, we couldn't ask for
:18:12. > :18:15.anything better. New opportunities, improved links with South and
:18:16. > :18:20.Europe, and internationally. We export a lot and we import a lot of
:18:21. > :18:23.items. But there are varying opinions on economic benefits of
:18:24. > :18:30.faster rail services to Birmingham and Crewe as well as Manchester and
:18:31. > :18:33.Leeds. The debate will continue over whether high-speed rail link really
:18:34. > :18:36.will provide a boost to economic growth long-term in the North of
:18:37. > :18:38.England, or whether it will simply offer more opportunities for
:18:39. > :18:48.commuters to get to London more quickly. I don't think it will boost
:18:49. > :18:52.the economies of towns in the north. For starters, they face the big tax
:18:53. > :18:55.bill to pay for the project and also the numerous examples both in the
:18:56. > :18:58.North and the Midlands of towns which already have vast buildings to
:18:59. > :19:01.London but fail to be transformed. -- fast rail links. Today's report
:19:02. > :19:04.also says the planned link between HS2 and the high-speed rail link to
:19:05. > :19:15.the Channel tunnel should be dropped. Instead, Euston should be
:19:16. > :19:19.redeveloped at the end of the line. Ministers say they will look
:19:20. > :19:21.carefully at the proposals. A jury at Preston Crown Court has been
:19:22. > :19:24.hearing evidence from former Conservative Party whips as the
:19:25. > :19:27.trial of the MP, Nigel Evans, enters its second week. Mr Evans, who is
:19:28. > :19:30.the former Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons, is accused of a
:19:31. > :19:33.series of sexual offences against men. He denies all the charges,
:19:34. > :19:36.which relate to events which allegedly took place between 2002
:19:37. > :19:39.and last year. Danny Savage was in court. Week two of Nigel Evans'
:19:40. > :19:42.trial. He arrived at court today to hear evidence from fellow MPs. It
:19:43. > :19:45.focused on the fallout from an alleged sexual assault in the
:19:46. > :19:48.village of Pendleton in Lancashire five years ago. After a boozy night
:19:49. > :19:52.out at the local pub, Nigel Evans and his alleged victim went back to
:19:53. > :19:55.the MP's constituency home next door where it is claimed Mr Evans later
:19:56. > :20:00.assaulted the man who was asleep on the sofa. Afterwards, the man
:20:01. > :20:05.returned to Westminster where he complained to Conservative Party
:20:06. > :20:09.managers, known as whips. Today, they came to court to give their
:20:10. > :20:13.account of the meeting they had with him. John Randall was one of those
:20:14. > :20:17.whips present. He told the jury today they asked the man about what
:20:18. > :20:27.he wanted to happen. The alleged victim replied:
:20:28. > :20:32.The Transport Secretary Patrick McLaughlin was the Chief Whip at the
:20:33. > :20:36.meeting. He recalls being told that something had happened in Lancashire
:20:37. > :20:41.but nothing too serious. So when the man called for Nigel Evans to stand
:20:42. > :20:44.down, he thought it was a huge ask. He was being asked to give up his
:20:45. > :20:48.entire Parliamentary career for what appears to have been a
:20:49. > :20:52.misunderstanding. The whips then gave Nigel Evans a stern talking to,
:20:53. > :20:58.where he admitted making a drunken pass at the man, having misjudged
:20:59. > :21:11.the situation. He denies the sexual assault and all the other charges.
:21:12. > :21:14.The BBC says it has issued a full apology to the London School of
:21:15. > :21:18.Economics and one of its students over a Panorama programme on North
:21:19. > :21:21.Korea that used a student trip to help gain access. The BBC Trust
:21:22. > :21:23.ruled that the students on the trip did not have enough information
:21:24. > :21:26.about Panorama's involvement and the presence of reporter John Sweeney to
:21:27. > :21:30.give their informed consent. The Trust also said the tour leader had
:21:31. > :21:43.a conflict of interest because she worked for the BBC, as well as being
:21:44. > :21:45.linked to the LSE. After 13 years and the loss of 448 service
:21:46. > :21:48.personnel, Britain's military role in Afghanistan is drawing to an end.
:21:49. > :21:51.All but two military bases in Southern Afghanistan have now been
:21:52. > :21:55.closed or handed over. At the height of the war there were 137 British
:21:56. > :21:57.bases, but now all that remains is Camp Bastion and one solitary
:21:58. > :22:04.observation post nearby. Our Defence correspondent Jonathan Beale reports
:22:05. > :22:09.from Helmand. Until recently, this was the British headquarters in
:22:10. > :22:15.Helmand. Lashkar Gar is now completely empty. These British
:22:16. > :22:21.troops on a final patrol are still dressed for combat. Still wary. But
:22:22. > :22:25.their minds are now focused on going home. It's somebody's else's nation
:22:26. > :22:29.and I'm happy that they're in a much better place now but, for me, it's
:22:30. > :22:33.just job done, get home. I don't think I'll be sad to go, no. I'll
:22:34. > :22:40.miss the sun and that's about it, I'm afraid. Saws and diggers are as
:22:41. > :22:44.much now a soldier's weapon. At the height of the war, the British
:22:45. > :22:49.occupied more than 100 bases. Most have been flattened. From dust to
:22:50. > :22:53.dust. And they are leaving hardly anything behind. Except the sound of
:22:54. > :22:59.gunfire. The insurgents haven't given up.
:23:00. > :23:04.This is one of the final military convoys carrying the kit, the
:23:05. > :23:13.remnants from one of the last British military bases in Helmand.
:23:14. > :23:16.Returning here to Bastian, which itself is gradually being shut down.
:23:17. > :23:20.I think possibly history will judge that which we have achieved here.
:23:21. > :23:23.But, for my money, it is clear when I speak to my Afghan counterparts,
:23:24. > :23:28.that a huge amount has been achieved here in central Helmand. But at a
:23:29. > :23:36.cost. 448 British soldiers have lost their lives. Among them, Mark
:23:37. > :23:45.Everson, killed in 2009. There is nothing in my mind that would
:23:46. > :23:51.justify my son's death. Whether we are pulling out, at a time when it
:23:52. > :23:53.is more stable, I'm not sure. David Cameron has said mission
:23:54. > :23:59.accomplished, hasn't he? Yeah. What do you think? Well, he has to say
:24:00. > :24:04.that. Whatever the final verdict, this is fast approaching the end.
:24:05. > :24:05.The last British soldier will be leaving here within a matter of
:24:06. > :24:21.months. The TV cook Clarissa Dickson Wright,
:24:22. > :24:24.best known for her part in the BBC series Two Fat Ladies, has died. The
:24:25. > :24:28.66-year-old was described by her agent as utterly non-PC and said her
:24:29. > :24:38.fun and laughter would be missed by many. Now, the Big Bang theory is
:24:39. > :24:40.supposed to explain how the universe began. We've been told that often
:24:41. > :24:43.enough. Now scientists say they think they know what happened
:24:44. > :24:45.immediately afterwards. It's called cosmic inflation and it occurred in
:24:46. > :24:49.the first trillionth, of a trillionth, of a trillionth of a
:24:50. > :24:51.second after the Big Bang. I know, it's mind-boggling so here's our
:24:52. > :24:58.Science Editor David Shukman with an explanation. These are ancient and
:24:59. > :25:02.incredibly challenging mystery is, how the universe started. What was
:25:03. > :25:05.it that gave everything we are familiar with to be born, questions
:25:06. > :25:12.which science has tried to answer with the idea of the big bang. It's
:25:13. > :25:17.a theory of a single burst of creation. And now, for the first
:25:18. > :25:20.time, there is proof of this protest at work. A telescope under the
:25:21. > :25:29.freezing skies of the South Pole has detected clues about light from the
:25:30. > :25:33.earliest moments of time. Applause today for a major advance. At
:25:34. > :25:38.Harvard University, the first results were unveiled and this is a
:25:39. > :25:44.genuine breakthrough in understanding how it all began. For
:25:45. > :25:48.decades the idea of a Big Bang giving birth to the universe has
:25:49. > :25:53.been a theory with no hard evidence of exactly how this worked. Now this
:25:54. > :25:58.American team has discovered patterns in the energy left over
:25:59. > :26:00.from the very earliest moments. They've spotted particular twists in
:26:01. > :26:05.the light that was created back then. Patterns that can only have
:26:06. > :26:08.been formed by ripples radiating out from the initial burst of the Big
:26:09. > :26:11.Bang and those ripples are what ultimately allowed gravity to pull
:26:12. > :26:14.together the galaxies, the stars and the planets so this is a major
:26:15. > :26:21.advance in understanding how we got here. Scientists all over the world
:26:22. > :26:25.have been poring over the results. This team gathered Oxford university
:26:26. > :26:30.this afternoon as a recognition that this is a hugely important
:26:31. > :26:34.milestone. We don't know why the universe started expanding. We don't
:26:35. > :26:40.know why the Big Bang happened, and this takes us as far back as it's
:26:41. > :26:46.possible to go and we will hopefully figure it out. So all this raises a
:26:47. > :26:50.tantalising thought. If we can know how the Big Bang got going, can be
:26:51. > :26:56.also find out how it actually started? The big question about our
:26:57. > :27:02.own existence? Time for a look at the weather. Here's Nina Ridge.
:27:03. > :27:09.Tonight, breezy with a few showers but by tomorrow, a reminder that the
:27:10. > :27:13.wind will be stronger as well. Staying fairly cloudy, as well. It's
:27:14. > :27:18.not going to be particularly cold. The shower is getting heavy across
:27:19. > :27:23.the Northwest in the early hours. One or two further south. Most
:27:24. > :27:27.places will be dry. Temperatures, 7-8 as we start tomorrow morning.
:27:28. > :27:31.Most of the showers in the north-west of the country, further
:27:32. > :27:35.south, escaping. A rather grey, overcast start of the day but
:27:36. > :27:40.temperatures around nine degrees. For East Anglia and the Midlands,
:27:41. > :27:44.dry start tomorrow morning. More showers further west. And north.
:27:45. > :27:49.They could be heavy with thunder mixed in as well. Quite breezy.
:27:50. > :27:53.Again, the northern half of the country we are focusing on, with the
:27:54. > :27:57.strongest wind. Further south, few breaks in the cloud giving hints of
:27:58. > :28:03.brightness throughout the afternoon. The highest temperature,
:28:04. > :28:10.14-15. Stronger winds further north. Temperatures about double figures.
:28:11. > :28:15.Ten - 11. By the time we get to Wednesday, it stays windy. More rain
:28:16. > :28:21.in the north and west. Further south, dryer with brightness for
:28:22. > :28:26.central and eastern areas. More sunshine on Wednesday. Temperatures
:28:27. > :28:30.around 16-17. This weather front becomes more active on Wednesday. It
:28:31. > :28:33.looks like it's going to move further south. At high level of
:28:34. > :28:38.uncertainty as we go towards the end of the week but, certainly, more
:28:39. > :28:45.significant rain and behind it, it looks like it could turn colder as
:28:46. > :28:47.well. More details if you want to go on the website. That's