:00:07. > :00:12.Britain is to send military experts to Nigeria to help find over 200
:00:13. > :00:14.kidnapped schoolgirls. As Nigerians call for action against the militant
:00:15. > :00:20.Islamist group that seized the girls, David Cameron says it's a
:00:21. > :00:24.matter of global concern. We should be clear this is not just
:00:25. > :00:26.a Nigerian issue, it is a global issue. There are extreme Islamists
:00:27. > :00:29.around our world who are against education, against progress, against
:00:30. > :00:35.equality, and we must fight them and take them on wherever they are.
:00:36. > :00:38.And reports are emerging that the militants may have killed hundreds
:00:39. > :00:43.of people in a town in northern Nigeria. Also tonight: Back in
:00:44. > :00:46.custody - police arrest the armed robber known as the "Skull Cracker"
:00:47. > :00:50.following a raid on a building society this morning.
:00:51. > :00:52.Stepping back? President Putin calls on pro-Russian Ukrainians to
:00:53. > :01:03.postpone referendums on independence.
:01:04. > :01:06.A scrum outside court as Paul Flowers, former head of the Co-op
:01:07. > :01:09.Bank, admits possessing Class A drugs.
:01:10. > :01:18.And life, the universe and everything - a stunning recreation
:01:19. > :01:23.from NASA of how it all began. Tonight on BBC London, reports that
:01:24. > :01:24.foreign investment is flowing into London's economy, especially in
:01:25. > :01:27.technology. And anger at the Met after police
:01:28. > :01:44.detain a teenager with Down syndrome for nine hours.
:01:45. > :01:49.Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six. As a growing number of
:01:50. > :01:52.countries around the world offer help to Nigeria to find its missing
:01:53. > :01:55.schoolgirls, Britain is to send a small number of military experts to
:01:56. > :01:58.the country. Over 200 girls were snatched from their boarding school
:01:59. > :02:03.three weeks ago by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram. There are
:02:04. > :02:06.also reports today that the group may have killed hundreds of people
:02:07. > :02:14.in an attack on a border town. Our security correspondent Gordon Corera
:02:15. > :02:18.has more. It is a campaign spreading around
:02:19. > :02:24.the world, the sign of a deep and growing concern over the fate of the
:02:25. > :02:28.200 updated Nigerian schoolgirls. Campaigners, celebrities, ordinary
:02:29. > :02:32.Nigerians, on the street and on social media, or drawing attention
:02:33. > :02:35.to the plight of the girls and calling for them to be released.
:02:36. > :02:41.When asked about Nigeria today, the prime minister said he shared the
:02:42. > :02:46.outrage. I am the father of two young daughters, and my reaction is
:02:47. > :02:50.exactly the same as every father or mother in this land and the world.
:02:51. > :02:54.This is an act of pure evil. It has united people across the planet to
:02:55. > :02:58.stand with Nigeria to help find these children and return them to
:02:59. > :03:02.their parents. The Foreign Office here has been offering assistance
:03:03. > :03:05.for three weeks now, and the prime minister today called the Nigerian
:03:06. > :03:09.president. He accepted that a small team of British officials could come
:03:10. > :03:13.out to help stop this could include members of the military and
:03:14. > :03:16.intelligence services. The girls were taken by the violent Islamist
:03:17. > :03:20.group Boko Haram, whose leader in this video said he intended to sell
:03:21. > :03:25.them. There were taken from this school three weeks ago. Only three
:03:26. > :03:28.soldiers were guarding them, despite warnings. A few of the girls
:03:29. > :03:34.escaped. A campaign into it with them told the BBC about their
:03:35. > :03:40.experiences. The girls were terrorised. They were made to
:03:41. > :03:44.believe that if their family members came after them, their family would
:03:45. > :03:49.we killed and they would not in any way return back. Protesters around
:03:50. > :03:52.the streets criticised the government for doing too little, too
:03:53. > :03:57.late. The Nigerians did yesterday accept help from an American team,
:03:58. > :04:01.and today offered a reward or information. Celebrity campaigners
:04:02. > :04:04.have also been joining in the calls for action. If the world does
:04:05. > :04:08.nothing, and they get away with this, they set this horrible
:04:09. > :04:11.president, so it is extremely portable that something is done
:04:12. > :04:16.immediately to try to find these girls and bring them home. And I'm a
:04:17. > :04:20.god forbid, we can't, we still have to bring these men to justice. With
:04:21. > :04:25.more than three weeks having passed on these girls were taken, even
:04:26. > :04:28.though the international campaign is now growing, hopes for their room in
:04:29. > :04:31.and release are fading. Gordon Corera, BBC News.
:04:32. > :04:34.Our correspondent Tomi Oladipo is in the Nigerian capital, Abuja. Tomi,
:04:35. > :04:37.is it any clearer there what form this international help that's being
:04:38. > :04:47.offered will take and what it aims to achieve? Well, as was mentioned
:04:48. > :04:51.in that report, the UK will be offering some support, but the US is
:04:52. > :04:57.also sending some military personnel as well as experts in hostage
:04:58. > :05:01.negotiation and investigations. This will come in handy for the immediate
:05:02. > :05:06.purpose of looking to rescue these girls from captivity. But at the
:05:07. > :05:11.same time, Nigeria still faces the wider problem of this Boko Haram
:05:12. > :05:14.threat. The Islamists have been threatening the establishment of
:05:15. > :05:18.Nigeria, the state of Nigeria, and this will be the priority for the
:05:19. > :05:22.Nigerian government, to get the girls back, but also put an end to
:05:23. > :05:25.this Islamist threat. The armed robber nicknamed the
:05:26. > :05:28."Skull Cracker", who went on the run after absconding from open prison on
:05:29. > :05:32.Saturday, has been recaptured. Michael Wheatley was detained with
:05:33. > :05:35.another man. Both are now in police custody. Wheatley was arrested
:05:36. > :05:44.following an armed robbery on a building society in Surrey this
:05:45. > :05:48.morning. Duncan Kennedy reports. This was the dramatic moment Michael
:05:49. > :05:57.Wheatley's reef spell on the run came to an end. Filmed by
:05:58. > :06:00.eyewitnesses, the fugitive, known by his spine chilling nickname, the
:06:01. > :06:05."Skull Cracker", is pinned to the ground by officers in east London.
:06:06. > :06:10.Is that the geezer they are looking for? He does not appear to offer any
:06:11. > :06:15.resistance as more police arrived. In the top left of the picture, just
:06:16. > :06:19.a few yards away, is a cemetery. It is here that it is believed Wheatley
:06:20. > :06:25.was hiding among the headstones and trees when he was spotted, before
:06:26. > :06:28.making a run for it. He was eventually led away and taken to a
:06:29. > :06:34.nearby police station. Wheatley's four days on the run have been
:06:35. > :06:41.brought to an end. The day's fast-moving events began at 10:30am
:06:42. > :06:44.across London at this building society in Sunbury. A man came in
:06:45. > :06:50.demanding money and left with a bundle of cash. I think we are
:06:51. > :06:55.shocked, because Sunbury is quite a peaceful place. By the time the
:06:56. > :06:59.police arrived at this incident in south-west London, it appeared to be
:07:00. > :07:05.over. But then come those dramatic developments this afternoon. There
:07:06. > :07:09.was the arrest of a 55-year-old man believed to be weakly at an address
:07:10. > :07:13.in east London, some ten miles from here for Wheatley had been in a Kent
:07:14. > :07:17.open prison until he disappeared on Saturday. Tonight, this convicted
:07:18. > :07:23.violent robberies back in custody. The hunt, but not the question is,
:07:24. > :07:25.at an end. Duncan Kennedy, BBC News, in Surrey.
:07:26. > :07:27.President Putin has urged pro-Russian activists in
:07:28. > :07:31.southeastern Ukraine to call off a series of independence referendums
:07:32. > :07:35.planned for this weekend. In what looks like an attempt to calm the
:07:36. > :07:37.growing tension in the country, he says it will create better
:07:38. > :07:40.conditions for dialogue. The Russian president also claims to have pulled
:07:41. > :07:43.back his troops from the Ukrainian border, though NATO says it can see
:07:44. > :07:47.no sign of this. Our Moscow correspondent Daniel Sandford
:07:48. > :07:50.reports from Moscow. Moscow has been in military mood
:07:51. > :07:56.this week, preparing to celebrate 69 years since it defeated Nazi
:07:57. > :07:59.Germany. And all against the backdrop of Russia annexing Crimea
:08:00. > :08:05.less than two months ago, and the fighting in eastern Ukraine. But in
:08:06. > :08:12.the Kremlin today, President Putin showed his first sign of wanting to
:08:13. > :08:15.de-escalate the tensions in Ukraine. In a meeting with the President of
:08:16. > :08:18.Switzerland, he insisted that Russia had pulled back its troops from the
:08:19. > :08:20.border, and then he called on the armed pro-Russian activists in
:08:21. > :08:29.eastern Ukraine to delay their controversial referendum.
:08:30. > :08:31.TRANSLATION: We call all the representatives of southeast
:08:32. > :08:33.Ukraine, the supporters of the federalisation of the country, to
:08:34. > :08:42.postpone the referendum scheduled for May 11. It could be a
:08:43. > :08:45.significant breakthrough, although a source close to President Putin told
:08:46. > :08:47.me Russia would only support presidential elections in Ukraine
:08:48. > :08:55.this month if the government in Kiev engaged in serious talks with the
:08:56. > :08:58.East. And the key question, as Mr Putin left the room, was whether the
:08:59. > :09:06.pro-Russian activists will do as he asks. It is a dramatic move by
:09:07. > :09:10.President Putin, wrongfooting everyone just four days before the
:09:11. > :09:13.referendum was due to be held. So with the situation in Ukraine
:09:14. > :09:23.deteriorating by the day...President Putin may just have it. -- he may
:09:24. > :09:26.have been to. But if so, why? One answer could be the Russian economy.
:09:27. > :09:32.People's lives have been transformed in the last 15 years as oil money
:09:33. > :09:37.has paid for Western consumer goods. But it could all be put at risk by
:09:38. > :09:51.further sanctions. The consequences could be dire. I would say that if
:09:52. > :09:54.Russia breaks down, it may break up. Spring is just arriving in Moscow,
:09:55. > :09:59.but it has been overshadowed by the fighting over the border. President
:10:00. > :10:02.Putin may have calculated, but it is now time to consolidate his gains,
:10:03. > :10:07.rather than risk everything by going for broke in Ukraine. Daniel
:10:08. > :10:09.Sandford, BBC News, Moscow. The former chairman of the
:10:10. > :10:12.Cooperative Bank, Paul Flowers, has been fined after admitting
:10:13. > :10:15.possessing Class A drugs. Flowers, who left the bank last June, has
:10:16. > :10:18.also been suspended by the Methodist Church. As Ed Thomas reports,
:10:19. > :10:26.Flowers was surrounded by journalists outside Leeds
:10:27. > :10:30.Magistrates Court. Paul Flowers came to court prepared
:10:31. > :10:35.all stopped three minders by his side, ready to face justice. But
:10:36. > :10:39.justice was not ready for him. The court doors were locked. With
:10:40. > :10:50.nowhere to go, the former Co-operative Bank chairman had this
:10:51. > :10:54.message for the journalists outside. But this is why he was in court. He
:10:55. > :10:58.was secretly filmed last November. At the time a serving Methodist
:10:59. > :11:02.minister, buying cocaine and ketamine. Then there was this, his
:11:03. > :11:11.disaster of a performance in front of MPs, the bank boss whose numbers
:11:12. > :11:18.did not add up. What is the total asset value? Just over 3 billion.
:11:19. > :11:23.Your accounts showed 47 billion. Indeed they did. Today he walked out
:11:24. > :11:31.of court with a fine, and into chaos and the questions. Anything to say?
:11:32. > :11:38.Anything to say to your former colleagues at the Co-op, Mr Flowers?
:11:39. > :11:44.Any apology 's his criminal case may be over, but the questions of how
:11:45. > :11:48.Paul Flowers got to the very top will not go away.
:11:49. > :11:51.Meanwhile, there's been another scathing report into the way the
:11:52. > :11:54.Co-op Group is run. The former Labour Minister and Co-op director,
:11:55. > :11:57.Lord Myners, has published a report in which he says the current
:11:58. > :12:02.management structure is not fit for purpose. Our business editor Kamal
:12:03. > :12:06.Ahmed is here. He also went on to say the Co-op could reverse the
:12:07. > :12:11.decline, but he is not confident that it would choose to do so? Well,
:12:12. > :12:16.it never rains, but it pours for the ball rolled Co-op. This whole
:12:17. > :12:20.caravan now moves to make the 17th, the key date for the Co-op's annual
:12:21. > :12:24.general meeting, when the membership can vote on Lord Myners'
:12:25. > :12:28.performance. You will remember that last week, we had the report from
:12:29. > :12:33.Christopher Kelly, also on the Co-op, that time on the collapse of
:12:34. > :12:36.the bank. Today we had Lord Myners' report with strong language about
:12:37. > :12:39.the problems of the Co-op Group all stop that is what will now be voted
:12:40. > :12:44.on. I have looked at the actual solution that will be put in front
:12:45. > :12:46.of the membership. It does not mention Lord Myners
:12:47. > :12:51.of the membership. It does not So you wonder, it is a rather broad
:12:52. > :12:56.and vague set of principles. Has the Co-op really got the stomach for
:12:57. > :13:01.change? Some I have spoken to have said that they have already moved on
:13:02. > :13:04.from Lord Myners, that they have done some reforms and things are
:13:05. > :13:11.getting better. But the key test will be that may the 17th date.
:13:12. > :13:16.Our top story this evening. Amid growing concern for the fate of
:13:17. > :13:21.200 kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls, Britain sends in military experts.
:13:22. > :13:25.Still to come: how the EU affects our daily lives, down to the food on
:13:26. > :13:29.our plates, head of the coming Euro elections.
:13:30. > :13:33.Later on BBC London, is it the Titchmarsh effect? This year,
:13:34. > :13:36.tickets for the Chelsea Flower Show are being resold for hundreds of
:13:37. > :13:39.pounds. And from Kilburn to the West End and
:13:40. > :13:48.Broadway, how the tricycle theatre is going from strength to strength.
:13:49. > :13:52.In Syria, hundreds of opposition fighters have left the centre of the
:13:53. > :13:59.besieged city of Homs under an evacuation deal brokered by the
:14:00. > :14:03.United Nations. The old city of Homs was one of the first places to rise
:14:04. > :14:06.up against President Assad, and has been blockaded by the government for
:14:07. > :14:09.two years. It is now in ruins after months of almost daily bombardment.
:14:10. > :14:12.It marks a significant defeat for the rebel forces ahead of next
:14:13. > :14:20.month's presidential election. Paul Wood reports.
:14:21. > :14:24.The uprising in Homs is over. Smoke hangs over the old city, signifying
:14:25. > :14:28.defeat for the rebels. They set fire to the buildings before they left
:14:29. > :14:37.for the last time. The rebel fighters moved out, demoralised and
:14:38. > :14:42.Hungary after two years of siege. Officers in President Assad's army
:14:43. > :14:49.called it surrender or staff. But this is not capitulation. Each
:14:50. > :14:51.fighter took a backpack and a rifle. They leave for the countryside,
:14:52. > :14:59.ready to continue the armed struggle. TRANSLATION: We thank God
:15:00. > :15:04.for this. We are leaving with dignity, but we will be back to
:15:05. > :15:10.Homs, and God willing, we will liberate Homs. Alongside the
:15:11. > :15:15.bravado, there is bitterness. The rebels say they feel betrayed, by
:15:16. > :15:19.the international community, by their own political leadership, by
:15:20. > :15:27.others who did not come to their aid. The opposition called Homs the
:15:28. > :15:35.capital of the revolution. As we saw in the siege of another enclave, the
:15:36. > :15:40.government tried to crush resistance in Homs from the start. The shelling
:15:41. > :15:44.is constant now. We hear the impact every few seconds. And in reply, you
:15:45. > :15:49.can also hear a little bit of Kalashnikov fire. It is a pretty
:15:50. > :15:54.futile gesture. Now they have finished the job in the old city. It
:15:55. > :16:00.is a symbolic and strategic victory for President Assad. In places, the
:16:01. > :16:06.rebels are making games, in Aleppo for instance. This is not a simple
:16:07. > :16:10.picture. But resident Assad is winning more than he is losing.
:16:11. > :16:15.Perhaps the real significance of Homs lies in what it tells you about
:16:16. > :16:21.the rebels' morale. For some, three years of love and sacrifice with
:16:22. > :16:25.little to show for it is enough. -- blood and sacrifice.
:16:26. > :16:28.The jury in the trial of veteran broadcaster Stuart Hall has been
:16:29. > :16:31.hearing how he repeatedly raped two young girls, one just ten years old
:16:32. > :16:35.at the outset, in his dressing room at the BBC in Manchester during the
:16:36. > :16:38.1970s. Hall is accused of 15 counts of rape and five of sexual assault.
:16:39. > :16:40.He denies the charges. Our North of England correspondent, Judith
:16:41. > :16:46.Moritz, has been in court. Judith, some distressing evidence heard
:16:47. > :16:51.today. Yes, Fiona. Inside courtroom number
:16:52. > :16:56.one here at Preston, Stuart Hall spent today in the dock with his
:16:57. > :17:00.head bowed for much of the time is just yards away from him in the
:17:01. > :17:04.witness box, one of the women who alleges she was abused by him began
:17:05. > :17:07.to give her evidence. She told the jury that this has been something
:17:08. > :17:12.she hasn't thought about over many years, much less spoken of, and has
:17:13. > :17:18.only recently come forward. She said to them that it is something which
:17:19. > :17:22.had affected her for many years, at that Stuart Hall had told her after
:17:23. > :17:28.the first time he'd raped her that it should be their secret. Each
:17:29. > :17:33.morning, Stuart Hall is brought to court from prison, where he is
:17:34. > :17:35.serving a 30 month sentence. His conviction for historic child sex
:17:36. > :17:40.offences last year was well publicised. Today, the former
:17:41. > :17:45.broadcaster listened as the jury heard that two more women have since
:17:46. > :17:48.come forward. Prosecuting, Peter Wright QC said they had been
:17:49. > :17:50.repeatedly raped by Stuart Hall in the late 1970s, when they were under
:17:51. > :18:12.the age of 16. He said: The prosecution say that the girls
:18:13. > :18:14.were abused at two former BBC studio buildings in Manchester. Stuart Hall
:18:15. > :18:18.is said to have plied them with drink and then raped them in his
:18:19. > :18:22.dressing room. One of the girls said it happens so often, she lost count,
:18:23. > :18:27.but thought it had been at least 30 times. Stuart Hall admits that he
:18:28. > :18:30.did have intercourse with the two girls, although his defence
:18:31. > :18:36.barrister has told the court that he denies rape, claiming that they
:18:37. > :18:40.consented to having sex. Crispin Aylett QC cross-examined the first
:18:41. > :18:54.alleged victim. He asked, is that right? Was it consensual?
:18:55. > :19:00.Stuart Holden eyes 15 charges of rape and five indecent assault. The
:19:01. > :19:06.trial will continue tomorrow -- Stuart Hall denies. The father of
:19:07. > :19:09.one of three men murdered during the 2011 riots in Birmingham has called
:19:10. > :19:11.on the Home Secretary to open a public inquiry into the actions of
:19:12. > :19:13.West Midlands Police. Earlier the Independent Police
:19:14. > :19:21.Complaints Commission said it was unlikely any action would be taken
:19:22. > :19:24.over failings in the investigation. One officer would have faced gross
:19:25. > :19:27.misconduct charges had he not retired. Tariq Jahan said the
:19:28. > :19:30.inquiry into deaths of his son Haroon and brothers Shazad Ali and
:19:31. > :19:33.31-year-old Abdul Musavir a complete shambles. Eight men were cleared
:19:34. > :19:37.over the deaths last year. From the food we eat to the toys
:19:38. > :19:40.children play with, how much does being part of the European Union
:19:41. > :19:43.affect our daily lives? In two weeks' time, voters across Britain
:19:44. > :19:46.will get the chance to choose their MEP who will then be able to
:19:47. > :19:49.influence laws made in the EU. Our Europe correspondent Matthew Price
:19:50. > :19:51.left Brussels for the day and headed to the UK to find out how EU rules
:19:52. > :20:07.affect us all. Out of Brussels, but not, of course,
:20:08. > :20:10.out of the EU. Welcome to Banbury, where European laws govern daily
:20:11. > :20:18.life. Pick anywhere on the high Street. I chose number 21. A full
:20:19. > :20:23.English, sir. Basically, everything you see on this plague is affected
:20:24. > :20:26.by EU rules. The way the pigs that produced the bacon are read, the
:20:27. > :20:32.meat content in the sausage, the seeds and the pesticides used to
:20:33. > :20:37.grow the crops in the first place. In fact, EU legislation also
:20:38. > :20:41.regulates how many hours the people who pick the vegetables can work in
:20:42. > :20:44.the fields. But quite often, British standards are higher than Brussels
:20:45. > :20:48.standards, so for instance with eggs, most of those that you buy in
:20:49. > :20:55.this country will be of a superior food safety quality. The EU has
:20:56. > :21:03.affected the people who serves us, like Lucas, the Polish chef. But not
:21:04. > :21:12.a currency we use. So what about our children? Again! Do you think EU
:21:13. > :21:18.rules would have any impact on a place like this? I don't think so.
:21:19. > :21:22.You would be wrong. All toys sold in Britain have to meet EU safety
:21:23. > :21:28.standards. And they must carry this mark. I don't think you realise what
:21:29. > :21:32.the impact would be if it was the UK, Europe, you trust the fact that
:21:33. > :21:37.there is cover for health and safety for your child, for food standards,
:21:38. > :21:40.for anything else. As for maternity leave, British women can have more
:21:41. > :21:45.time off than the minimum set by Brussels. Out of town on the
:21:46. > :21:49.industrial estate, this company has to comply with EU rules so it can
:21:50. > :21:56.sell its metal detectors in Europe's single market. The benefit
:21:57. > :22:01.is the fact that we can trade easily in the EU, weakening is a bit our
:22:02. > :22:07.products there. The downside is the costs associated with complying to
:22:08. > :22:15.some of the legislation and red tape. So, back to Brussels, where
:22:16. > :22:20.British MEPs and ministers help create EU laws, laws that affect
:22:21. > :22:23.everyone across this land. Matthew Price, BBC News, Banbury.
:22:24. > :22:26.And there's more on the European and local elections online at
:22:27. > :22:32.bbc.co.uk/news. It's a view of the heavens as never
:22:33. > :22:34.seen before. NASA scientists have just released this stunning
:22:35. > :22:37.recreation of the evolution of the universe, from the formation of the
:22:38. > :22:42.first atoms to the birth of stars and galaxies. It's all based on the
:22:43. > :22:50.latest mathematical model of how it all happened, as our science
:22:51. > :22:55.correspondent Pallab Ghosh explains. This computer simulation compresses
:22:56. > :23:01.14 billion years into two and a half minutes. Watch how the universe
:23:02. > :23:06.unravels. First, strands of mysterious material in blue called
:23:07. > :23:12.dark matter sprawl across the emptiness of space. Like branches of
:23:13. > :23:20.a cosmic tree. Fast forward a couple of billion years, and the pink
:23:21. > :23:25.glows show the seeds from which galaxies will one day form. Billions
:23:26. > :23:29.more years pass, and there are cataclysmic explosions from which, a
:23:30. > :23:33.little later, the universe as we know it begins to emerge. And around
:23:34. > :23:40.now, the Earth and our own solar system begins to form. What this
:23:41. > :23:45.simulation essentially does is tell us how our universe evolves in front
:23:46. > :23:49.of our own eyes. And what we can see here is how gas and stars and
:23:50. > :23:54.eventually planets and asked form in this universe, and the amazing thing
:23:55. > :23:58.about this simulation is it is strikingly close to the real
:23:59. > :24:02.universe. This is a picture of the universe taken by the Hubble space
:24:03. > :24:06.telescope. Now compare it with the universe created in a computer,
:24:07. > :24:11.published in the journal Nature. It is hard to tell the difference. For
:24:12. > :24:21.hundreds of years, astronomers have used telescopes to see distant stars
:24:22. > :24:23.and galaxies. But what they saw, they developed their ideas of how
:24:24. > :24:27.the universe began and how it evolved. As now for the first time,
:24:28. > :24:30.they are able to recreate the universe in a computer. That means
:24:31. > :24:37.they can test out new theories and really get to grips with how the
:24:38. > :24:41.cosmos works. It's a big step forward. It's going to be incredibly
:24:42. > :24:45.helpful to cosmologistss like me to figure out how the universe works.
:24:46. > :24:52.This simulation is the best universe yet -- best estimate yet of how the
:24:53. > :24:57.universe evolved. Time for a look at the weather. I'm
:24:58. > :24:58.not sure our computer graphics are quite up to that standard! Here's
:24:59. > :25:07.Nick Miller. The heavens have opened for some of
:25:08. > :25:13.us, though. More rain in the forecast. Very wet for a time in
:25:14. > :25:17.Northern Ireland today, and this spell of heavy rain now affecting
:25:18. > :25:23.southern Scotland and the far north of England. Messi driving conditions
:25:24. > :25:26.and a few heavy showers to end the day for eastern areas. Then it
:25:27. > :25:32.starts to quiet down a little bit overnight. Chilly spots here
:25:33. > :25:36.overnight. Your eyes will be drawn to the next area of rain coming into
:25:37. > :25:41.the south-west later in the night, and a sign of things to come for
:25:42. > :25:47.some of us tomorrow. Still very breezy, especially across southern
:25:48. > :25:52.areas. Further outbreaks of rain heading in, but it is outbreaks, not
:25:53. > :26:00.raining all the time. A lot of cloud, sunshine and showers. This is
:26:01. > :26:04.the picture at 4pm tomorrow. Things are starting to improve in Wales in
:26:05. > :26:08.south-east England. The potential for some heavy bursts, but with gaps
:26:09. > :26:12.in between just starting to feed into north-west England, south-west
:26:13. > :26:15.Scotland. North-east England, south-east Scotland, just one or two
:26:16. > :26:20.showers, but showers in northern Scotland heavy again. Slower moving
:26:21. > :26:27.showers compared with elsewhere. On Friday, a sunny day in between the
:26:28. > :26:32.showers. Some of the showers again heavy, hail and thunder possible,
:26:33. > :26:35.lighter winds and slower moving showers in northern Scotland. And
:26:36. > :26:41.for the weekend, still looking wet for a time on Saturday, with a band
:26:42. > :26:44.of rain is willing north. We are dodging the downpours, whether to
:26:45. > :26:51.keep you fit. Thanks, Nick. A reminder of our main
:26:52. > :26:55.story. The growing campaign calling for action against Boko Haram to
:26:56. > :26:59.free the kidnapped schoolgirls. Britain is sending in military
:27:00. > :27:02.experts to help with the search. And police have invested the armed
:27:03. > :27:04.robber known as the skull cracker following an armed raid on a
:27:05. > :27:07.building society. That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye
:27:08. > :27:08.from me,