:00:08. > :00:13.passed to protect vulnerable women and girls, the first prosecution.
:00:14. > :00:15.A doctor at a London hospital and another man are charged in
:00:16. > :00:21.connection with female genital mutilation, a move welcomed by
:00:22. > :00:25.campaigners. As a campaigner, today is one of the best days of my life
:00:26. > :00:30.in campaigning and I feel like standing on top of the roof and and
:00:31. > :00:33.shouting. That's how I feel about it.
:00:34. > :00:37.With tens of thousands of women and girls in the UK thought to have
:00:38. > :00:41.suffered FGM or be at risk, we'll be looking at why it's taken so long to
:00:42. > :00:44.bring a prosecution. Also tonight, as President Putin
:00:45. > :00:56.signs a declaration absorbing Crimea into Russia, the EU agrees closer
:00:57. > :00:59.ties with Ukraine. A vaccine to protect children
:01:00. > :01:04.against a dangerous strain of meningitis is likely to be made
:01:05. > :01:07.available on the NHS. Bravery awards for a soldier shot in
:01:08. > :01:17.the neck in Afghanistan and the medic who risked his life to help
:01:18. > :01:19.him. Anyway, why are you wearing them
:01:20. > :01:23.glasses? And Becks in specs brings Rodney and
:01:24. > :01:25.Del Boy out of retirement for Sport Relief.
:01:26. > :01:29.Tonight on BBC London: Captured on camera, teachers
:01:30. > :01:33.restraining primary pupils. Parents demand an investigation.
:01:34. > :01:35.And the acid attack which left this woman scarred for life. Her attacker
:01:36. > :01:56.is jailed for 12 years. Good evening and welcome to the BBC
:01:57. > :01:59.News at Six. A doctor and another man have become the first people in
:02:00. > :02:02.Britain to be charged in connection with performing female genital
:02:03. > :02:05.mutilation. It's alleged the offence took place on a woman at the
:02:06. > :02:09.Whittington Hospital in North London. FGM has been banned since
:02:10. > :02:13.1985 but it's taken until now to bring the first prosecution. It's
:02:14. > :02:17.thought over 60,000 women in the UK have been mutilated and more than
:02:18. > :02:27.20,000 girls are at risk, as Our home affairs correspondent Matt
:02:28. > :02:31.Prodger reports. Whittington Hospital in London.
:02:32. > :02:36.Where a doctor, Dr Dhanoun Dharmasena, is alleged to have
:02:37. > :02:40.mutilated a woman's genitals after she gave birth. Prosecutors say his
:02:41. > :02:44.offence was to effectively restore a mutilation that had been performed
:02:45. > :02:50.on the woman prior to her becoming pregnant. Another man faces a charge
:02:51. > :02:56.of encouraging the act. Female genital mutilation, or if GM, has
:02:57. > :03:01.been outlawed for 30 years but today marks a first prosecution. -- FGM. A
:03:02. > :03:05.lot of these will be young girls and it will involve immediate members of
:03:06. > :03:08.their families and they will not want to make a complaint or give
:03:09. > :03:12.evidence against them that could see them as their family go to prison,
:03:13. > :03:17.so we have had to look at other ways to get the evidence. We have looked
:03:18. > :03:20.at how we work with the police on proactive operations and there are
:03:21. > :03:26.lots of other things we can look at, for example, anonymity for victims.
:03:27. > :03:30.It is estimated 66,000 women in the UK have been affected and more than
:03:31. > :03:35.20,000 girls under 15 thought to be at risk of the practice, which is
:03:36. > :03:40.classed as torture by the UN. The BBC discovered only this week that
:03:41. > :03:46.almost 4000 FGM patients had untreated in London alone since
:03:47. > :03:49.2009. Female genital mutilation is an appalling crime. It is something
:03:50. > :03:54.that has been hidden for far too long. That is why this Government
:03:55. > :03:58.has stepped up its response, actually stepped up some greater
:03:59. > :04:04.understanding, to take this crime out of the shadows and into the
:04:05. > :04:07.light. More than 70 women and children each month are contacting
:04:08. > :04:12.helplines like this. For many years, a practice little known in
:04:13. > :04:16.the UK, FGM has been given greater attention thanks to the work of
:04:17. > :04:20.campaigners. They are delighted by today's news. Today is one of the
:04:21. > :04:26.best days of my life! In campaigning. And I feel like
:04:27. > :04:32.standing on top of the roof and shouting! That is how I'd feel about
:04:33. > :04:35.it. All eyes will be on the success or failure of these first
:04:36. > :04:42.prosecutions. The two accused will appear in court next month.
:04:43. > :04:49.And Matt's here now. 30 years since this law was passed and the first
:04:50. > :04:53.Project -- prosecution we hear about today. This woman had been
:04:54. > :04:56.campaigning for 30 years and you heard there it is the best day of
:04:57. > :05:01.her life. It is that the early stages. Let's not forget these two
:05:02. > :05:04.men have not been convicted. This is the beginning of a prosecution and
:05:05. > :05:09.there are still barriers to successful prosecutions relating to
:05:10. > :05:14.be no genital mutilation, for example, no anonymity for victims.
:05:15. > :05:17.That needs to be addressed. We also know the CPS decided not to proceed
:05:18. > :05:21.further with four other cases today, so there are problems there.
:05:22. > :05:27.We are also lagging behind other countries, for example, France,
:05:28. > :05:30.which has had 100 successful prosecutions for FGM. We have not
:05:31. > :05:35.had a single conviction just yet. And over the past four years there
:05:36. > :05:42.have been 140 referrals to the police but nothing that has gone
:05:43. > :05:45.further than the police. So still a long way to go but this is a
:05:46. > :05:48.significant milestone for campaigners. Thank you.
:05:49. > :05:50.On the day President Putin signed a declaration formally absorbing
:05:51. > :05:54.Crimea into Russia, Europe has agreed closer relations with
:05:55. > :05:56.Ukraine. In a show of support for the country, the EU also issued more
:05:57. > :06:00.sanctions against individuals in Russia, aimed at President Putin's
:06:01. > :06:06.inner circle. Our Europe editor, Gavin Hewitt, has sent this report
:06:07. > :06:11.from Brussels. A day of signings. Two Wells, East
:06:12. > :06:17.versus West, different leaders with different pens. -- two worlds.
:06:18. > :06:23.Resident Putin sealed the absorption of Crimea into Russia eye signing
:06:24. > :06:25.the legal documents. He called it a serious momentous event and the
:06:26. > :06:37.Russian anthem played. 1400 miles away in Brussels, a very
:06:38. > :06:43.different signing. The EU took the symbolic first step of signing a
:06:44. > :06:46.political agreement with Ukraine. Winning the nation of 46 million
:06:47. > :06:53.people closer to the heart of Europe. -- winning. Just a ripple of
:06:54. > :06:58.applause. No anthem here. At a summit in Brussels, Europe's leaders
:06:59. > :07:02.adopted new sanctions against 12 Russian officials, including the
:07:03. > :07:06.Russian Deputy Prime Minister, after the referendum in Crimea which led
:07:07. > :07:11.to the region breaking away. Since we last met, a sham, and illegal
:07:12. > :07:15.referendum, has taken place at the barrel of a Kalashnikovs and Russia
:07:16. > :07:19.has sought to annex Crimea. This is a flagrant breach of international
:07:20. > :07:25.law and something we will not recognise. So, after this summit, 33
:07:26. > :07:30.Crimean 's and Russians now face travel restrictions and a freeze on
:07:31. > :07:33.their assets. Most significantly, the summit agreed here that if the
:07:34. > :07:38.crisis escalates, then they are prepared to move to some form of
:07:39. > :07:43.economic sanctions and the commission has been tasked with
:07:44. > :07:46.exploring potential targets. In the corridors, the atmosphere was spiced
:07:47. > :07:52.with warnings about Russian intentions. This was the Ukrainian
:07:53. > :07:58.Prime Minister. What is happening in the world today? Russia decided to
:07:59. > :08:04.actually impose a new post-Cold War order and to revise the results of
:08:05. > :08:09.the Second World War. This is the truth. And this was the president of
:08:10. > :08:17.Lithuania, one of the Baltic states and once part of the Soviet Union.
:08:18. > :08:21.We are facing the largest security threat and challenges after the
:08:22. > :08:25.Second World War. And so admit such warnings, European leaders agreed to
:08:26. > :08:29.accelerate, reducing their dependency on Russian energy. -- and
:08:30. > :08:32.so among such warnings. Too many children are at risk of
:08:33. > :08:37.harm in Coventry due to inadequate child protection services. That's
:08:38. > :08:39.according to an Ofsted report. The local authority's failings were
:08:40. > :08:42.highlighted two years ago after four-year-old Daniel Pelka was found
:08:43. > :08:45.starved and beaten to death at his home. The Department for Education
:08:46. > :08:48.said measures carried out by Coventry following the case are
:08:49. > :08:51.simply not good enough, as Sian Lloyd reports.
:08:52. > :08:56.The truth about Daniel's suffering shocked the nation and shook
:08:57. > :09:01.Coventry City Council to its core. The four-year old had been beaten,
:09:02. > :09:05.starved and tortured. A Serious Case Review said opportunities to save
:09:06. > :09:08.Daniel had been missed. The council promised it would do better but the
:09:09. > :09:14.pace of change hasn't been fast enough. It's now two years since
:09:15. > :09:18.Daniel was murdered by his parents here in his own home. But Ofsted
:09:19. > :09:25.inspectors have found other vulnerable children in this city are
:09:26. > :09:29.still not safe. The council's Children's Services department has
:09:30. > :09:32.been rated inadequate. Failings include children not being seen or
:09:33. > :09:37.assessed quickly enough, leaving them at risk of harm. And social
:09:38. > :09:43.workers have such heavy caseloads they can't do their jobs properly.
:09:44. > :09:46.Wherever you have a Serious Case Review and a child dead, all
:09:47. > :09:50.organisations will become very, very attendant to child protection. You
:09:51. > :09:54.will always get an increased referral rate into children's social
:09:55. > :09:57.care. The fact it's gone up 48% in two years is absolutely
:09:58. > :10:03.unprecedented. That's clearly contributed to the problems we've
:10:04. > :10:06.got now in the City Council. To meet those challenges, new teams of
:10:07. > :10:09.social workers will be appointed. Last month, the BBC was given
:10:10. > :10:14.exclusive access to film with people doing the job now. We have good
:10:15. > :10:20.assessment skills and we have good social workers here. But we have too
:10:21. > :10:25.many cases and people are stretched too thin. We know that there are a
:10:26. > :10:29.lot of challenges in social care in Coventry at the moment. We know our
:10:30. > :10:34.caseloads are too high. We know that's stopping us from doing some
:10:35. > :10:36.of the things we'd like to do. In Daniel's case, information wasn't
:10:37. > :10:40.properly shared between the council and other agencies, like the
:10:41. > :10:45.police. This report identifies similar problems now. The council is
:10:46. > :10:53.under pressure to improve or face further sanctions. Sian Lloyd, BBC
:10:54. > :10:56.News, Coventry. The second day of searching a remote
:10:57. > :10:59.part of the southern Indian Ocean for debris that may be linked to the
:11:00. > :11:03.missing Malaysian airliner has concluded without any sightings.
:11:04. > :11:06.Flight MH370 vanished shortly after take-off from Kuala Lumpur nearly
:11:07. > :11:11.two weeks ago with 239 people on board. Our correspondent John
:11:12. > :11:15.Donnison is in Perth, in Western Australia. Exactly a fortnight on
:11:16. > :11:24.and no-one seems any closer to finding out what happened to this
:11:25. > :11:28.plane? No. The weather conditions were much better for the search on
:11:29. > :11:33.Friday but they came back, they didn't find anything. Four
:11:34. > :11:37.Australian planes and one American headed out. 1500 miles into the
:11:38. > :11:41.southern Indian Ocean. They came back after an 11 hour flight
:11:42. > :11:46.reporting they had seen nothing. The search will resume in around four
:11:47. > :11:49.hours time at daybreak. One interesting development in the last
:11:50. > :11:54.few hours, The Daily Telegraph newspaper is reporting it has got
:11:55. > :11:58.hold of the final transcript of the final communications between the
:11:59. > :12:03.pilot and co-pilot in air traffic control in Malaysia. The last 54
:12:04. > :12:05.minutes of those communications. And what is interesting, on first
:12:06. > :12:09.reading of what they are saying is that there was nothing out of the
:12:10. > :12:13.ordinary on those communications and that was, of course, at a time when
:12:14. > :12:18.investigators believed that the plane had already been sabotaged. So
:12:19. > :12:22.the mystery continues. The search continues. And for the families of
:12:23. > :12:25.the passengers, the waiting continues. Thank you.
:12:26. > :12:28.The number of Romanians and Bulgarians coming to the UK since
:12:29. > :12:32.immigration controls were lifted at the start of the year is more a
:12:33. > :12:35.trickle than a flood, according to a report by MPs. The exact figures are
:12:36. > :12:38.not known, though, and the Home Affairs Select Committee has warned
:12:39. > :12:41.the Government's failure to compile official estimates have fuelled
:12:42. > :12:44.anti-immigrant prejudice. For those who have made the journey to the UK,
:12:45. > :12:49.their experiences have been mixed, as Mike Sergeant reports.
:12:50. > :12:53.A maintenance shed under a London flyover. And inside, a shocking
:12:54. > :12:57.picture of destitution. Police! Hello. Those staying here have just
:12:58. > :13:01.slipped away. Was this what they were expecting when they came from
:13:02. > :13:04.Romania? Well, the police say three Romanians have been living here
:13:05. > :13:08.since the middle of December with more migrants coming in January.
:13:09. > :13:12.Conditions really are appalling. The stench is unbelievable. You can see
:13:13. > :13:18.holes in the mattresses where the police say rats have been crawling
:13:19. > :13:22.in and out. Most Romanians don't live in squats but homelessness has
:13:23. > :13:26.been a stubborn problem. So how desperate would you have to be to
:13:27. > :13:30.think this is your best option? Stefan knows the answer better than
:13:31. > :13:33.most. He was living in a garage until recently but now has somewhere
:13:34. > :13:39.decent to state and the most important thing of all - a national
:13:40. > :13:42.insurance number to work legally. -- somewhere decent to stay. ??
:13:43. > :13:45.FORCEDYELLOW For me, England is very beautiful. People are very nice. ??
:13:46. > :13:51.FORCEDWHITE But it's hard here. You had to live in a garage. People have
:13:52. > :13:55.to live on the streets. I know this. Because for me, at the moment, there
:13:56. > :14:02.is not another chance. This is my chance now. Here at Ashford Place,
:14:03. > :14:05.Romanian rough sleepers are getting help. But those running this centre
:14:06. > :14:09.insist there hasn't been a sudden influx since January. Many were in
:14:10. > :14:13.the UK already and they're here for one reason - work. If nothing else,
:14:14. > :14:18.it's about pride. These people aren't content to come over here and
:14:19. > :14:21.just exist on benefits, for example. I've never met a group of people
:14:22. > :14:25.more offended by the notion of going on benefits than this Romanian
:14:26. > :14:30.group. Here you have to check to the right. Violetta epitomises hard
:14:31. > :14:33.graft. Highly educated and qualified, she was delivering pizza
:14:34. > :14:37.last week. Now she's giving driving lessons and hopes for much more. ??
:14:38. > :14:40.CAPNEXT I find more opportunities for my personal development. My
:14:41. > :14:47.personal development, my family's development. For this reason I came
:14:48. > :14:51.here. At the other end of the scale, scenes of poverty and confusion.
:14:52. > :14:55.Back at the flyover, police make an arrest. They think this Romanian man
:14:56. > :14:58.is wanted for robbery but there's been a mix-up and he's later
:14:59. > :15:06.released. For some migrants, it's hardly the promised land. Mike
:15:07. > :15:08.Sergeant, BBC News, Cricklewood. Tonight's top story, the first ever
:15:09. > :15:13.prosecution for female genital mutilation. A doctor at the
:15:14. > :15:21.Whittington Hospital in London and another man are charged.
:15:22. > :15:24.Coming up, Lord of the Prance. Seb Coe gets in some practice for
:15:25. > :15:28.tonight's Sport Relief. Later on BBC London, a new report
:15:29. > :15:34.says the HS2 rail project could create 25,000 jobs.
:15:35. > :15:36.And a grand game for the Gunners. Arsene Wenger on the eve of his
:15:37. > :15:50.1,000th match. A new vaccine to protect infants
:15:51. > :15:54.against meningitis B is likely to be made available on the NHS. Health
:15:55. > :15:58.officials say the injection should be rolled out across the UK - as
:15:59. > :16:02.long as a suitable price can be agreed with manufacturers. The
:16:03. > :16:08.announcement reverses a decision last year rejecting the jab as too
:16:09. > :16:13.expensive. About 1,761 people contract meningitis B each year -
:16:14. > :16:17.with babies under one most at risk. It leads to death in a tenth of
:16:18. > :16:20.cases. Of those who survive, one in three is left with disabilities such
:16:21. > :16:32.as brain damage, losing a limb or deafness. Here's our health
:16:33. > :16:34.correspondent Dominic Hughes. I put my arm in there.
:16:35. > :16:37.Tilly Lockey is learning to use her new prosthetic hand. Meningitis B
:16:38. > :16:43.robbed the eight-year-old of both hands, some toes and nearly her life
:16:44. > :16:46.when she was just a baby. Now she's glad that, in the future, other
:16:47. > :16:50.children should be safe from the infection that nearly killed her. I
:16:51. > :16:58.don't want people losing their hands and feet and dying. It's going to
:16:59. > :17:03.have a massive impact. So many children are going to be saved.
:17:04. > :17:05.Thank you for finally saying yes. Meningitis B is one of the most
:17:06. > :17:11.feared childhood infections in Britain. Developing a vaccine has
:17:12. > :17:13.taken 20 years. Now the expert panel that advises UK health ministers has
:17:14. > :17:19.changed its mind on whether introducing the vaccine will be
:17:20. > :17:21.cost-effective. We've redone the evaluation on cost effectiveness and
:17:22. > :17:28.found the vaccine could be cost-effective, as long as it's at a
:17:29. > :17:31.fairly low cost. Tilly and her friends have already benefited from
:17:32. > :17:35.one of the world's most comprehensive childhood immunisation
:17:36. > :17:40.programmes. The UK is now the first country to add meningitis B to that
:17:41. > :17:43.list. The great benefit of this vaccine is that it has the potential
:17:44. > :17:46.to offer protection not just to individuals but to children across
:17:47. > :17:50.the UK, creating what is known as a herd immunity. And offering a
:17:51. > :17:53.defence against an infection that can have a devastating effect on the
:17:54. > :17:59.lives of children and their families. Around 700,000 children a
:18:00. > :18:03.year will be eligible for the vaccination. At the moment, it costs
:18:04. > :18:10.?75 per shot and the full treatment involves three injections. But the
:18:11. > :18:13.NHS will demand a big discount. There is the negotiation between the
:18:14. > :18:16.Department for Health and the manufacturer to ensure that we can
:18:17. > :18:21.obtain the vaccine at a cost-effective price. Today the
:18:22. > :18:24.experts charged with the tough job of striking a balance between the
:18:25. > :18:28.cost of the vaccine and the value of a child's life have recognised they
:18:29. > :18:32.don't always get it right first time. Dominic Hughes, BBC News,
:18:33. > :18:35.County Durham. A student from east London has been
:18:36. > :18:38.jailed for 12 years after an acid attack on her friend, which left her
:18:39. > :18:41.scarred for life. 22-year-old Mary Konye disguised herself with a
:18:42. > :18:47.Muslim veil to carry out the attack on Naomi Oni, following a row about
:18:48. > :18:50.a text message. The judge at Snaresbrook Crown Court described
:18:51. > :18:57.the attack as a premeditated and callous plan to disfigure the
:18:58. > :18:59.victim. Weeks after devastating floods in
:19:00. > :19:02.the south-west of England, most affected families are returning
:19:03. > :19:09.home. In the Budget, the Government promised an extra ?140 million to
:19:10. > :19:13.boost flood defences. One project that's about to get underway is in
:19:14. > :19:16.Hull. The city and surrounding areas were hit by severe flooding seven
:19:17. > :19:18.years ago. 23,000 homes and businesses were damaged. Our UK
:19:19. > :19:25.affairs correspondent Jeremy Cooke has been to see how people there are
:19:26. > :19:32.recovering. The soaking summer of 2007 and, for
:19:33. > :19:37.the city of Holme Acra, disaster. Across the region, 23,000 homes were
:19:38. > :19:44.flooded. -- the city of whole. The sickly yellow terrible. Just a
:19:45. > :19:48.nightmare. The lesson from here is that floods are nightmare that
:19:49. > :19:52.change lives. After 50 years of fish industry, this man is now just a
:19:53. > :19:57.spectator visiting son-in-law's business. The floods put his home
:19:58. > :20:02.under water and began to sink his own business I honestly think if the
:20:03. > :20:07.floods hadn't come, I would have still been working. The floods that
:20:08. > :20:14.did the damage. They knocked us back and we more or less didn't survive,
:20:15. > :20:18.really. It's hard to imagine today that this is the exact same spot
:20:19. > :20:21.where all that water and sewage came gushing out of the ground, covering
:20:22. > :20:27.the football pitch and the houses over there. The floods here came and
:20:28. > :20:34.went in just a few days but for some the impact has lasted years. That's
:20:35. > :20:39.me in the kitchen with the fridge floating away. At his home in
:20:40. > :20:45.Beverly, Keith reflects on a life changed forever by the floods. He
:20:46. > :20:48.and his wife Jean were enjoying active retirement but he's convinced
:20:49. > :20:55.it all accelerated her move into a care home and his own rising anxiety
:20:56. > :21:00.levels. I went to the doctor. I thought, I've got to talk to
:21:01. > :21:04.somebody. I said I was really absolutely struggling to cope with
:21:05. > :21:11.the house in MS and jeans getting more and more distressed. In this
:21:12. > :21:19.disaster zone, politicians were a respite. Promises of cash were
:21:20. > :21:23.almost unheard of. People were forgotten. People felt like this was
:21:24. > :21:29.the forgotten city. The political media spotlight was elsewhere, yet
:21:30. > :21:35.the most damaged city in the country was where we're standing now. Here,
:21:36. > :21:39.there is plenty of sympathy for this year's flood victims. The messages
:21:40. > :21:43.that hard work and strong communities will get the job done.
:21:44. > :21:46.An attempt by the Turkish government to block access to Twitter is being
:21:47. > :21:49.widely ignored. The Turkish Prime Minister had blocked the social
:21:50. > :21:52.media site apparently in a bid to prevent allegations of government
:21:53. > :21:55.corruption circulating. But users of the site, including the President,
:21:56. > :22:01.have discovered ways around the ban and have continued to send messages.
:22:02. > :22:04.A soldier who'd been shot in the neck by an Afghan insurgent - but
:22:05. > :22:08.carried on fighting - and the medic who risked his life to attend to him
:22:09. > :22:10.are among more than 100 members of the armed forces who've been
:22:11. > :22:14.recognised with bravery awards. Most are being given to servicemen and
:22:15. > :22:18.women who took part in last summer's deployment to Afghanistan. Sarah
:22:19. > :22:21.Campbell has more. Shot through the neck while on
:22:22. > :22:24.patrol in Helmand. British army cameras captured the moment Lance
:22:25. > :22:29.Corporal Simon Moloney was treated by his friend and colleague Lance
:22:30. > :22:33.Corporal Wes Masters. Both have been recognised for their extraordinary
:22:34. > :22:37.courage under fire. I rolled off the roof, about an eight foot drop, and
:22:38. > :22:39.I put my hands on my neck and realised straightaway that I'd been
:22:40. > :22:43.hit. Then autopilot comes in. You wait for those 30 seconds to see -
:22:44. > :22:46.am I going to pass out, am I going to die? Risking his own life to
:22:47. > :22:50.reach his injured colleague, medic Wes Masters immediately began
:22:51. > :22:54.life-saving treatment. It was a through-and-through gunshot wound,
:22:55. > :22:57.in one side and out the other. So he had two holes in his neck.
:22:58. > :23:01.Basically, I was trying to stay calm and calm him down and deal with what
:23:02. > :23:05.I saw and not let my mind run away with me. The bullet had missed Lance
:23:06. > :23:08.Corporal Moloney's vital arteries and windpipe by millimetres. He
:23:09. > :23:10.continued to fight until a helicopter arrived to evacuate him,
:23:11. > :23:16.and receives the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross. Medic Wes, for his
:23:17. > :23:21.bravery, receives the Military Cross. What do you think to Wes for
:23:22. > :23:24.what he did at the scene? Fundamentally, I owe him my life -
:23:25. > :23:29.that's the long and short of it. Not that i'd ever say that to his face.
:23:30. > :23:32.But his whole confidence in the job when he was there. It wasn't just
:23:33. > :23:35.the way he saved it... He was completely confident, completely
:23:36. > :23:39.calm. He was an awesome casualty. He just did exactly what I wanted him
:23:40. > :23:42.to do. He needed a bit of persuading sometimes because he just wanted to
:23:43. > :23:46.go off and fight again but, yeah, he's a good lad. This latest list of
:23:47. > :23:49.awards is a reminder that although British involvement in Afghanistan
:23:50. > :23:52.is winding down, the risks remain and the men and women based there
:23:53. > :23:59.continue to perform outstanding acts of bravery. This group is just a
:24:00. > :24:02.selection of more than 100 service personnel who've received honours.
:24:03. > :24:09.All will be presented with their medals and awards in ceremonies in
:24:10. > :24:12.Buckingham Palace. Now, it's Sport Relief tonight and
:24:13. > :24:15.people all over the country - including famous faces like Radio
:24:16. > :24:19.2's Jo Whiley - have been running, cycling or swimming to help raise
:24:20. > :24:21.money. The programme this evening will feature comedy sketches, such
:24:22. > :24:26.as a cameo appearance from David Beckham in Only Fools And Horses.
:24:27. > :24:29.For the first time, the main show is taking place at the Queen Elizabeth
:24:30. > :24:35.Olympic Park in East London. Colin Paterson is there for us now.
:24:36. > :24:38.Lord Coe was one of the biggest flag-wavers for the London
:24:39. > :24:43.Olympics. Now he's back on site at the velodrome, twirling a ribbon to
:24:44. > :24:46.the sounds of Dolly Parton. For Sport Relief, he's teamed up with
:24:47. > :24:51.the pop star Olly Murs and actress Sally Phillips to take part in
:24:52. > :24:54.rhythmic gymnastics. I'm not a natural. It's a really tough sport,
:24:55. > :24:58.actually. It really is a serious sport. And I think when we watch it
:24:59. > :25:01.tonight, you'll realise just how tough it is. Will people want to
:25:02. > :25:07.donate money after seeing you? I sincerely hope so, even if only out
:25:08. > :25:13.of pity. Here in 2012, it was all about gold. Tonight it's about
:25:14. > :25:16.money. Two years ago, the last Sport Relief raised ?50 million on the
:25:17. > :25:27.night. This time the contributions have already started coming in.
:25:28. > :25:30.Radio 2 DJ Jo Whiley spent 26 hours running on a treadmill. The band
:25:31. > :25:33.Coldplay were so impressed they donated ?260,000. I nearly fell over
:25:34. > :25:37.at the very last minute. I didn't fall over once on the treadmill and
:25:38. > :25:40.then the last second, I go splat on the floor! Anyway, why are you
:25:41. > :25:43.wearing them glasses? Tonight's show will also feature the first new Only
:25:44. > :25:48.Fools And Horses in 11 years, complete with a cameo from David
:25:49. > :25:54.Beckham. I want to be a bit "incognitive". Yeah, good thinking.
:25:55. > :25:57.The Olympics had Super Saturday. Sport Relief is hoping for a
:25:58. > :26:09.fantastic Friday. Colin Paterson, BBC News.
:26:10. > :26:13.Before we go, the singer Kate Bush is to return to the stage 35 years
:26:14. > :26:20.after she retired from touring after just six weeks.
:26:21. > :26:29.# You had a temper like my jealousy. Too hot, too greedy #. She gave up
:26:30. > :26:33.touring after just one tour back in 1979 after topping the charts the
:26:34. > :26:34.previous year. She will play 15 dates at the Hammersmith Apollo in
:26:35. > :26:40.London from August. Time for a look at the weather -
:26:41. > :26:43.here's Jay Wynne. Cast your mind back to last weekend
:26:44. > :26:48.and some of us saw temperatures as high as 20. Forget that for this
:26:49. > :26:53.weekend. It's more like 10 degrees. Cool, breezy and some showers. We've
:26:54. > :26:58.seen showers across the UK and the rumble of thunder. A bit more
:26:59. > :27:04.organised now across the western side of the UK. A real mix of rain,
:27:05. > :27:07.some hail, some thunder, gusty winds and snow for the north of the UK.
:27:08. > :27:11.That moves eastwards and is followed by further showers which will
:27:12. > :27:15.contain a wintry element. Temperatures will be on the low side
:27:16. > :27:18.with icy patches developing from Wales northwards. In the south-west,
:27:19. > :27:23.we could see a dusting of snow across the hills and the same in
:27:24. > :27:28.Wales. Don't expect any disruption. The further west you are, are pretty
:27:29. > :27:32.bright start and stop -- the further east. In northern England, icy
:27:33. > :27:37.patches around. Some showers in Northern Ireland and the West of
:27:38. > :27:43.Scotland, turning wintry up over the hills. Eastern Scotland should start
:27:44. > :27:48.on a dry and bright note. There will be heavy showers dotted around. Some
:27:49. > :27:51.hail and thunder and maybe a bit of sleet and snow on the hills in the
:27:52. > :27:57.north of the UK. A cooler fielder things. Maybe into double figures
:27:58. > :28:02.for London. A cold start to Sunday and a cool north-westerly breeze.
:28:03. > :28:06.Showers will fade away from the western side of the UK and then it
:28:07. > :28:11.turns really cold on Sunday night. Some rural spots will get as low as
:28:12. > :28:16.minus four. Really cold to start the day on Monday. That comes about
:28:17. > :28:19.because of this ridge of high pressure late on Sunday but it will
:28:20. > :28:23.mean a pretty decent day on Monday with a good deal of sunshine and
:28:24. > :28:26.light winds. But you can't help but notice the weather front of the
:28:27. > :28:31.Atlantic Ocean will bring rain by Tuesday.
:28:32. > :28:37.Our main story: The first ever prosecution for female genital
:28:38. > :28:38.mutilation. A doctor at the Whittington Hospital in London and
:28:39. > :28:40.another man are charged.